PG-13Queen of the Desert

Popularity

IMDB (13,031 votes)

Meta Score

Rotten Tomatoes

500M
500M
Play Time: 128 mins
Drama, Adventure, History
Queen of the Desert

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (2015-09-03)
Awards:1 nomination total
Screen:Werner Herzog
Productions: Benaroya Pictures, 120dB Films, Palmyra Films, Sierra/Affinity, Elevated Films
Production Countries: Morocco, United States of America
Spoken Languages: العربية, English, Français, Türkçe
Queen of the Desert
external ids

fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt1837636 | insta:

Visit Movie's Page ->

Reviews

Reno

Review text:

> The woman who knew every inch of the middle-east! It is a kind of female version of 'Lawrence of Arabia', the lead actress herself told that. A biographical drama of a British woman who had played an important role in many middle-eastern affairs during the early 1900s. After the ....

Continue reading ->

CinemaSerf

Review text:

Despite assembling a decent enough cast, this biopic of the formidable desert adventurer Gertrude Bell is really little better than a fine example of the arts of cinematography in sandy and windy climes. She (Nicole Kidman) is in Arabia as the Ottoman Empire continues to decline and ....

Continue reading ->