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Queen of the Desert

USA 2014/2015 Spielfilm

The film tells the story of Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) who, as historian, novelist and member of the British secret service, played a decisive role around 1920 in setting the course for the new political order in the Middle East. As an educated young woman, for whom no suitable husband can be found in England, she journeys to Tehran. After a tragic love affair with diplomat and inveterate gambler Henry Cadogan, she decides to give up on her private life and discover the region as an explorer. Before the backdrop of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire she learns languages, translates literature, meets with Muslim dignitaries in Cairo, Basra and Baghdad and earns their trust through her pluck and respect. Predestined to be a mediator between the Orient and the British Empire, she contributes to defining the new borders in the region after the First World War. And then love enters her life once again.

Werner Herzog uses the vast desert landscapes to depict the architecture of his characters' souls. A panoramic epic about the woman who has gone down in history as 'the female Lawrence of Arabia'.

Source: 65. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Credits

Director

  • Werner Herzog

Screenplay

  • Werner Herzog

Director of photography

  • Peter Zeitlinger

Editing

  • Joe Bini

Music

  • Klaus Badelt

Cast

  • Nicole Kidman
    Gertrude Bell
  • James Franco
    Henry Cadogan
  • Robert Pattinson
    T. E. Lawrence
  • Damian Lewis
    Charles Doughty-Wylie
  • Jay Abdo
    Fattuh
  • Holly Earl
    Florence Lascelles
  • David Calder
    Sir Hugh Bell
  • Jenny Agutter
    Florence Bell
  • Mark Lewis Jones
    Sir Frank Lascelles
  • Beth Goddard
    Tante Lascelles

Production company

  • Benaroya Pictures (Beverly Hills)
  • H Films (US)
  • Raslan Company of America (Los Angeles)

Producer

  • Michael Benaroya
  • Cassian Elwes
  • Nick N. Raslan

Alle Credits

Director

  • Werner Herzog

Screenplay

  • Werner Herzog

Director of photography

  • Peter Zeitlinger

Camera operator

  • Erik Söllner

Lighting design

  • Thomas Hollaus

Production design

  • Ulrich Bergfelder

Make-up artist

  • Marta Roggero

Costume design

  • Michele Clapton

Editing

  • Joe Bini

Sound

  • Paul Paragon

Casting

  • Shannon Makhanian

Music

  • Klaus Badelt

Cast

  • Nicole Kidman
    Gertrude Bell
  • James Franco
    Henry Cadogan
  • Robert Pattinson
    T. E. Lawrence
  • Damian Lewis
    Charles Doughty-Wylie
  • Jay Abdo
    Fattuh
  • Holly Earl
    Florence Lascelles
  • David Calder
    Sir Hugh Bell
  • Jenny Agutter
    Florence Bell
  • Mark Lewis Jones
    Sir Frank Lascelles
  • Beth Goddard
    Tante Lascelles
  • Christopher Fulford
    Winston Churchill
  • Sophie Linfield
    Judith Doughty-Wylie
  • Younes Benzakour
    Abdullah
  • Nadia Niazi
    Fatima
  • Assaad Bouab
    Scheich

Production company

  • Benaroya Pictures (Beverly Hills)
  • H Films (US)
  • Raslan Company of America (Los Angeles)

Producer

  • Michael Benaroya
  • Cassian Elwes
  • Nick N. Raslan

Executive producer

  • John Aglialoro
  • Jonathan Debin
  • Cathy Gesualdo
  • Harmon Kaslow
  • James Lejsek
  • Shelley Madison
  • Ben Sachs
  • D. Todd Shepherd

Unit production manager

  • Hicham Hajji
  • Hamid Herraf

Original distributor

  • Prokino Filmverleih GmbH (München)

Shoot

    • 12.01.2014 - 16.06.2014: Marokko
Duration:
129 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.08.2015, 153864, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 06.02.2015, Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 03.09.2015

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (US) Queen of the Desert
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Königin der Wüste

Versions

Original

Duration:
129 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,35
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.08.2015, 153864, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 06.02.2015, Berlin, IFF - Wettbewerb;
Kinostart (DE): 03.09.2015

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