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Letters from Baghdad

  • 20162016
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 35m
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Letters from Baghdad (2016)
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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.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.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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    • Sabine Krayenbühl
    • Zeva Oelbaum
  • Stars
    • Tilda Swinton(voice)
    • Michael Higgs
    • Eric Loscheider
    • Sabine Krayenbühl
    • Zeva Oelbaum
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    • Michael Higgs
    • Eric Loscheider
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    Tilda Swinton
    Tilda Swinton
    • Gertrude Bell
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    Michael Higgs
    Michael Higgs
    • General Sir Gilbert Clayton
    Eric Loscheider
    Eric Loscheider
    • T.E. Lawrence
    Rachael Stirling
    Rachael Stirling
    • Vita Sackville-West
    Adam Astill
    Adam Astill
    • Sgt. Frank Stafford
    Helen Ryan
    Helen Ryan
    • Lady Florence Bell
    Joanna David
    Joanna David
    • Janet Courtney
    Elizabeth Rider
    Elizabeth Rider
    • Lady Elsa Richmond
    Jürgen Kalwa
    • Dr. Friedrich Rosen
    Tom Chadbon
    Tom Chadbon
    • Sir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol
    Simon Chandler
    Simon Chandler
    • David Hogarth
    Lucy Robinson
    • Lady Molly Trevelyan
    Andrew Havill
    Andrew Havill
    • Sir Percy Cox
    Anthony Edridge
    • Sir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson
    Nicholas Woodeson
    Nicholas Woodeson
    • General Sir George MacMunn
    Zaydun Khalaf
    Zaydun Khalaf
    • Fakhry Jamil
    • (as Zaydum Khalad)
    Michelle Eugene
    Michelle Eugene
    • Dorothy Van Ess
    Mark Meadows
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      • Zeva Oelbaum
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      This factual mistake happens in the German version. In the movie a title card reads: "Capture of Baghdad from the Turks: General Maude's Victory, March 11, 1917". This of course means that British forces under General Maude have captured Baghdad. However, the German version subtitles this as "Einnahme Bagdads durch die Türken: General Maudes Sieg, 11. März 1917". This translates as "Turkish forces capture Baghdad: General Maude's Victory, March 11, 1917". An obvious mistake.
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      Features Mit dem Auto ins Morgenland (1926)

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    It's a very imaginative documentary. Tilda Swinton was perfect as the voice of Gertrude Bell.
    So they took letters that Bell wrote and inserts from her journals and had Swinton narrate over footage from the Ottoman Empire or reenactments. Either would most likely be correct thanks to the advancements of cinematic technology of today. Adding to this are dramatization interviews with actors playing people that Bell knew in her time and could tell us about her.

    Think I like this better than Queen of the Desert which stared Nicole Kidman. Both movies are important to tell the story of this important woman but of course, Letters to Baghdad portrayed a real Gertrude Bell. Queen of the Desert portrayed her as being on this pedi stool (Does not help that she's being played by a hot movie star), but I like how Letters to Baghdad more so pointed out the flaws, flaws that I think help let us know the type of woman it takes to do what Bell did.

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      • November 12, 2016 (United States)
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