Letters from Baghdad
Letters from Baghdad
The extraordinary and dramatic story of Gertrude Bell, who helped to shape the modern Middle East after the Second World War in ways that still reverberate today. Using never-seen-before footage of the region, the film chronicles Bell's extraordinary journey into both the uncharted Arabian desert and the inner sanctum of British male colonial power
Letters from Baghdad airs on BBC Four HD at 1:40 AM, Wednesday 15 July. (Subtitles.)
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Tilda Swinton
Actor
Sabine Krayenbuhl
Director
Zeva Oelbaum
Director