Letters from Baghdad

Letters from Baghdad

95 mins | Documentary | Oct. 6, 2016

Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.

Letters from Baghdad

95 mins | Documentary | Oct. 6, 2016

Letters from Baghdad
Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Missing in Action Films, Letters from Baghdad Ltd, Between the Rivers Productions
Original title Letters from Baghdad
Directors Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum
Writers

Cast

Tilda Swinton

as Gertrude Bell (voice)

Adam Astill

as Sgt. Frank Stafford

Tom Chadbon

as Sir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol

Simon Chandler

as David Hogarth

Joanna David

as Janet Courtney

Anthony Edridge

as Sir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson

Amed Hashimi

as Suleiman Faidhi

Andrew Havill

as Sir Percy Cox

Michael Higgs

as General Sir Gilbert Clayton

Hayat Kamille

as Mme. Jamil Zadeh

Rose Leslie

as Young Gertrude Bell (voice)