Queen of the Desert (2015)
"One woman can change the course of history"
ThumbScore
👍 64%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 28%
(RT: 18%, MC: 39) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jay Abdo as Fattuh
David Calder as Hugh Bell
Is Queen of the Desert good?
It's divisive. 64% audience score, estimated from 313 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 28%, but audiences disagreed.
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Overview
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Wikipedia ↗
