Letters from Baghdad

She was as controversial as the history she made.

Duration: 95 min

Release date: 2017-04-21

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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.

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as Gertrude Bell (voice)

as Sgt. Frank Stafford

as Sir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol

as David Hogarth

as Janet Courtney

Anthony Edridge

Anthony Edridge

as Sir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson

as Suleiman Faidhi

as Sir Percy Cox

as General Sir Gilbert Clayton

as Mme. Jamil Zadeh

as Young Gertrude Bell (voice)

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Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Sabine Krayenbühl

Sabine Krayenbühl

Original Music Composer

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Creative Consultant

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

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