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Letters from Baghdad (2016)

2016-10-06 · 1h 35m · EN
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She was as controversial as the history she made.

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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Sabine KrayenbühlDirectorZeva OelbaumDirector

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Tilda SwintonTilda SwintonGertrude Bell (voice)Adam AstillAdam AstillSgt. Frank StaffordTom ChadbonTom ChadbonSir Valentine 'Domnul' ChirolSimon ChandlerSimon ChandlerDavid HogarthJoanna DavidJoanna DavidJanet CourtneyAnthony EdridgeAnthony EdridgeSir Arnold 'A.T.' WilsonAmed HashimiAmed HashimiSuleiman FaidhiAndrew HavillAndrew HavillSir Percy CoxMichael HiggsMichael HiggsGeneral Sir Gilbert ClaytonHayat KamilleHayat KamilleMme. Jamil ZadehRose LeslieRose LeslieYoung Gertrude Bell (voice)

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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinityWoman DirectorDirector preference872500 · 694412Actor preference60279 · 3015 · 11828Country preferenceFrDecade preference2010

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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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Letters from Baghdad has a runtime of 95 minutes.

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