Queen of the Desert
Queen of the Desert
Release: 2015-09-03
·Runtime: 128m
·★ 5.9
Drama
Adventure
History
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Production Countries
Morocco
United States of America
Production Companies
Benaroya Pictures
120dB Films
Palmyra Films
Sierra/Affinity
Elevated Films
Cast
Nicole Kidman
as Gertrude Bell
James Franco
as Henry Cadogan
Damian Lewis
as Richard Wylie
Jay Abdo
as Fattuh, Bell's guide
Robert Pattinson
as T.E. Lawrence
Jenny Agutter
as Florence Bell
David Calder
as Hugh Bell
Christopher Fulford
as Winston Churchill
Nick Waring
as Sir Mark Sykes
Holly Earl
as Florence Lascelles
Sophie Linfield
as Judith Doughty-Wylie
Mark Lewis Jones
as Frank Lascelles
Beth Goddard
as Aunt Lascelles
Michael Jenn
as R. Campbell Thompson
William Ellis
as Earl of Chester
Abdellatif Chaouqi
as Lieutenant
Mostafa El Houari
as Druze Warrior
Hamid Najah
as Fortune Teller
Anas El Baz
as Horseman
Nadia Niazi
as Fatima
Fatima ezzahra El Jaouhari
as Turkkiyeh
Ayoub Layoussifi
as King Abdullah
Younes Bouab
as King Faisal
Assaad Bouab
as Sheikh
Sarah Crowden
as Lady Ascot (uncredited)
Renee Faia
as Farsi voice actor (uncredited)
Mustafa Haidari
as Farsi voice actor (uncredited)
Christina Low
as Handmaiden (uncredited)
Crew
Werner Herzog
Director
Klaus Badelt
Original Music Composer
Peter Zeitlinger
Director of Photography
Nancy Valle
Post Production Supervisor
Hicham Hajji
Line Producer
Mohcine Nadifi
Casting Associate
Shannon Makhanian
Casting
Michele Clapton
Costume Design
Werner Herzog
Writer
Alessandro Bertolazzi
Makeup Designer
Joel Dougherty
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Alessandro Bertolazzi
Hair Designer
Lorenzo Bertolazzi
Assistant Director
Laurent Kossayan
Sound Designer
Peter Zeitlinger
Drone Operator
Tom Ozanich
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kaspar Kallas
Visual Effects Supervisor
Lena Herzog
Still Photographer
Zarene Dallas
Stunt Double
Redouane Ouadi
Researcher
Abdelaaziz Attougui
Stunts