Letters from Baghdad

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.

Top Cast

Tilda SwintonGertrude Bell (voice)

Adam AstillSgt. Frank Stafford

Tom ChadbonSir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol

Simon ChandlerDavid Hogarth

Joanna DavidJanet Courtney

Anthony EdridgeSir Arnold 'A.T.' Wilson

Amed HashimiSuleiman Faidhi

Andrew HavillSir Percy Cox