Letters from Baghdad
She was as controversial as the history she made.
Documentary
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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Cast
Tilda SwintonGertrude Bell (voice)
Adam AstillSgt. Frank Stafford
Tom ChadbonSir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol
Simon ChandlerDavid Hogarth
Joanna DavidJanet Courtney
Anthony EdridgeSir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson
Amed HashimiSuleiman Faidhi
Andrew HavillSir Percy Cox
Michael HiggsGeneral Sir Gilbert Clayton
Hayat KamilleMme. Jamil Zadeh