

Letters from Baghdad
DirectorsSabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum
“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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Letters from Baghdad Official Trailer 1 (2017) - Documentary
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Cast

Tilda Swinton
Gertrude Bell (voice)

Adam Astill
Sgt. Frank Stafford

Tom Chadbon
Sir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol

Simon Chandler
David Hogarth

Joanna David
Janet Courtney

Anthony Edridge
Sir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson

Amed Hashimi
Suleiman Faidhi

Andrew Havill
Sir Percy Cox

Michael Higgs
General Sir Gilbert Clayton

Hayat Kamille
Mme. Jamil Zadeh

Rose Leslie
Young Gertrude Bell (voice)
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