Letters from Baghdad

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.

Documentary

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))