"One woman can change the course of history"

2015

2h 8m

5.9(287 votes)

Drama

Adventure

History

Overview

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.

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49 members

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Nicole Kidman

Gertrude Bell

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James Franco

Henry Cadogan

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Damian Lewis

Richard Wylie

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Jay Abdo

Fattuh

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Robert Pattinson

T.E. Lawrence

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Jenny Agutter

Florance Bell

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David Calder

Hugh Bell

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Christopher Fulford

Winston Churchill

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Nick Waring

Sir Mark Sykes

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Holly Earl

Florence Lascelles

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Sophie Linfield

Judith

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Mark Lewis Jones

Lascelles

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Beth Goddard

Aunt Lascelles

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Michael Jenn

Thompson

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William Ellis

Earl of Chester

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John Wark

Arnold Runcie

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Richard Goulding

Havenhurst

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Charlie Hollway

Hairdresser

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Younes Benzakour

Abdullah

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Hamza El Moustaati

Omar

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Abdellah Bensaidi

Dispatcher

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Abdellatif Chaouqi

Lieutenant

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Megan Sullivan

Secretary

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Mohamed Boussalem

Druze Sheikh

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Mehdi Quazzani

Warrior

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Mostafa El Houari

Druze Warrior

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Hamid Najah

Fortune Teller

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Mohamed Ziat

Old Man

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Anas El Baz

Horseman

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Qualid Mezouar

Dignitary

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Hicham Haijji

Minister

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Abderrahmane Baalla

Sheikh Harb

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Nick N. Raslan

Shop Owner

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Amadou Salah

Hamad

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Ismael Kanater

Hayil Gate Keeper

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Fehd Benchemsi

Ibrahim

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Nadia Niazi

Fatima

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Fatima ezzahra El Jaouhari

Turkkiyeh

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Anas Cherifi

Emir

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Francis Montary

Reporter

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Colin Goodwin

General

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Peter Stevenson

Colonel

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Ayoub Layoussifi

King Abdullah

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Younes Bouab

King Faisal

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Assaad Bouab

Sheikh

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Sarah Crowden

Lady Ascot (uncredited)

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Renee Faia

Farsi voice actor (uncredited)

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Mustafa Haidari

Farsi voice actor (uncredited)

Crew

Christina Low

Handmaiden (uncredited)

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