Letters from Baghdad

About 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.

Letters from Baghdad (2017) is a documentary film directed by Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum.

Tilda Swinton stars as Gertrude Bell (voice), Adam Astill as Sgt. Frank Stafford, Tom Chadbon as Sir Valentine 'Domnul' Chirol, and Simon Chandler as David Hogarth. At 95 minutes long, it arrived in April 2017.

American members can watch it on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel and WETA+.