Letters from Baghdad
“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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Cast
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Tilda Swinton
Gertrude Bell (voice)
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Adam Astill
Sgt. Frank Stafford
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Tom Chadbon
Sir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol
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Simon Chandler
David Hogarth
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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Joanna David
Janet Courtney
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Pride and Prejudice
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Anthony Edridge
Sir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson
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Amed Hashimi
Suleiman Faidhi
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Aladdin
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Andrew Havill
Sir Percy Cox
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The Nevers
The Crown
Michael Higgs
General Sir Gilbert Clayton
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EastEnders
Assassination Games
Hayat Kamille
Mme. Jamil Zadeh
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Vikings: Valhalla
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Rose Leslie
Young Gertrude Bell (voice)
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Game of Thrones
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Zeva Oelbaum Director · Sabine Krayenbühl Director Paul Cantelon Composer
United States release June 2, 2017 · Produced in France, United Kingdom, United States · Production Letters from Baghdad Ltd, Between the Rivers Productions
Production
Missing in Action Films
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Letters from Baghdad Ltd
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Between the Rivers Productions
Production
France · United Kingdom · United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Lebanon · October 6, 2016
Premiere · Beirut International Film Festival
United States · June 2, 2017
Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
October 9, 2016 · Premiere · London Film Festival
April 21, 2017 · Limited theatrical
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