Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert

128 mins | Drama, Adventure, History | Sept. 3, 2015

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Queen of the Desert

128 mins | Drama, Adventure, History | Sept. 3, 2015

Queen of the Desert
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers 120dB Films, Benaroya Pictures, Sierra / Affinity, Elevated Films, Palmyra Films
Original title Queen of the Desert
Directors Mehdi Souissi, Barnaby Riggs, Marouane Reda, Amine Lamriki, Lucy Thomas, Lorenzo Bertolazzi, Ed Licht, Alina Apostu, Werner Herzog
Writers Werner Herzog

Cast

Nicole Kidman

as Gertrude Bell

James Franco

as Henry Cadogan

Damian Lewis

as Richard Wylie

Jay Abdo

as Fattuh

Robert Pattinson

as T.E. Lawrence

Jenny Agutter

as Florance Bell

David Calder

as Hugh Bell

Christopher Fulford

as Winston Churchill

Nick Waring

as Sir Mark Sykes

Holly Earl

as Florence Lascelles

Sophie Linfield

as Judith

Mark Lewis Jones

as Lascelles

Beth Goddard

as Aunt Lascelles

Michael Jenn

as Thompson

William Ellis

as Earl of Chester

John Wark

as Arnold Runcie

Richard Goulding

as Havenhurst

Charlie Hollway

as Hairdresser

Younes Benzakour

as Abdullah

Abdellah Bensaidi

as Dispatcher

Abdellatif Chaouqi

as Lieutenant

Megan Sullivan

as Secretary

Mohamed Boussalem

as Druze Sheikh

Mehdi Quazzani

as Warrior

Mostafa El Houari

as Druze Warrior

Hamid Najah

as Fortune Teller

Mohamed Ziat

as Old Man

Anas El Baz

as Horseman

Qualid Mezouar

as Dignitary

Hicham Haijji

as Minister

Abderrahmane Baalla

as Sheikh Harb

Nick N. Raslan

as Shop Owner

Salah Azadou

as Hamad

Ismael Kanater

as Hayil Gate Keeper

Fehd Benchemsi

as Ibrahim

Nadia Niazi

as Fatima

Anas Cherifi

as Emir

Francis Montary

as Reporter

Colin Goodwin

as General

Peter Stevenson

as Colonel

Ayoub Layoussifi

as King Abdullah

Younes Bouab

as King Faisal

Assaad Bouab

as Sheikh

Sarah Crowden

as Lady Ascot (uncredited)

Renee Faia

as Farsi voice actor (uncredited)

Mustafa Haidari

as Farsi voice actor (uncredited)

Christina Low

as Handmaiden (uncredited)