![]() ![]() Queen of the Desert will be in theaters and on VOD on April 14.Ī documentary about Gertrude Bell, narrated by Tilda Swinton, is coming out at almost he same time as this film. Stunningly shot on location in Morocco and Jordan, Queen of the Desert reveals how an ahead-of-her-time woman shaped the course of history.” So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer (Franco), and an encounter with the legendary T.E. Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. ![]() Here’s the film summary, “Nicole Kidman and director Werner Herzog bring to life the extraordinary true story of a trailblazing woman who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East. Werner Herzog wrote and directed Queen of the Desert. James Franco, Damian Lewis, and Robert Pattinson as T.E. Gertrude Bell was traveler, writer, archaeologist, cartographer, explorer, and spy for the British Empire at the dawn of the 20th century. The intrepid adventurer Gertrude Bell will be played by Nicole Kidman in Queen of the Desert. ![]()
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