Queen of the Desert
One woman can change the course of 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.
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Worldwide
- $2M
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Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Queen of the Desert returned 0.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Sep 3, 2015
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Country
- Morocco, United States of America
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