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2015
Directed by Werner Herzog
Synopsis
One woman can change the course of history
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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Cast
Nicole Kidman James Franco Damian Lewis Jay Abdo Robert Pattinson Jenny Agutter David Calder Christopher Fulford Nick Waring Holly Earl Sophie Linfield Mark Lewis Jones Beth Goddard Michael Jenn William Ellis John Wark Richard Goulding Charlie Hollway Younes Benzakour Hamza El Moustaati Abdellah Bensaidi Abdellatif Chaouqi Megan Sullivan Mohamed Boussalem Mehdi Quazzani Mostafa El Houari Hamid Najah Mohamed Ziat Anas El Baz Show All…
DirectorDirector
Werner Herzog
ProducersProducers
Michael Benaroya Cassian Elwes Nick N. Raslan
WriterWriter
Werner Herzog
CastingCasting
Salaheddine Benchegra Beth Charkham Shannon Makhanian Mohcine Nadifi
EditorEditor
Joe Bini
CinematographyCinematography
Peter Zeitlinger
Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors
Lorenzo Bertolazzi Amine Lamriki Ed Licht Marouane Reda Mehdi Souissi Lucy Thomas
Executive ProducersExec. Producers
Jonathan Debin Cathy Gesualdo James Lejsek Shelley Madison Ben Sachs D. Todd Shepherd Stephen Hays Peter Graham
LightingLighting
Thomas Hollaus Aziz Zougar
Production DesignProduction Design
Ulrich Bergfelder
Art DirectionArt Direction
Rabiaa N'Gadi Caroline Steiner
Visual EffectsVisual Effects
Kaspar Kallas Olaf Przybyszewski
StuntsStunts
Zarene Dallas Benoît Fabre Laura Väänänen
ComposerComposer
Klaus Badelt
SoundSound
Skyler Detherage Joel Dougherty Ellen Heuer Samantha Iorio Laurent Kossayan Dan Kremer Stacey Michaels Tom Ozanich Paul Paragon Andrew Rice Kyle Rochlin Brad Sherman Alex Ullrich
Costume DesignCostume Design
Michele Clapton
MakeupMakeup
Alessandro Bertolazzi Ivana Primorac Marta Roggero Chiara Ugolini
HairstylingHairstyling
Alessandro Bertolazzi Kathryn Fa Alex Rouse Luca Saccuman
Studios
Benaroya Pictures 120dB Films Palmyra Films Sierra/Affinity Elevated Films
Countries
Morocco USA
Primary Language
English
Spoken Languages
English Arabic French Turkish
Alternative Titles
A Rainha do Deserto, Königin der Wüste, Ørkenens dronning, Королева пустыни, Regina deșertului, מלכת המדבר, 퀸 오브 데저트, Królowa pustyni, Η Βασίλισσα της Ερήμου, La reina del desierto, A sivatag királynője, Reine du désert, 沙漠女王, Rainha do Deserto, Královna pouště, Çöl Kraliçesi, Кралицата на пустинята, Aavikon kuningatar, Королева пустелі, Tuksneša karaliene, Dykumos karalienė, La reina del desert, 沙漠女皇:燦爛年代, ตำนานรัก แผ่นดินร้อน, ملکه صحرا, アラビアの女王 愛と宿命の日々
Genres
History Adventure Drama
Themes
Epic history and literature Humanity and the world around us Lavish dramas and sumptuous royalty Historical battles and epic heroism Passion and romance Show All…
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Premiere
06 Feb 2015
- GermanyBerlin International FilmFestival
Theatrical
03 Sep 2015
- Germany0
11 Sep 2015
- Austria
01 Mar 2016
- USA
07 Apr 2016
- South Korea12
09 Jun 2016
- PortugalM/12
18 Aug 2016
- GreeceΚ
29 Sep 2016
- Ukraine
Digital
08 Apr 2016
- Poland16
21 Jan 2017
- JapanG
Physical
10 Mar 2016
- Denmark15
29 Nov 2016
- Greece
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Austria
11 Sep 2015
- Theatrical
Denmark
10 Mar 2016
- Physical15
Germany
06 Feb 2015
- PremiereBerlin International FilmFestival
03 Sep 2015
- Theatrical0
Greece
18 Aug 2016
- TheatricalΚ
29 Nov 2016
- PhysicalDVD
Japan
21 Jan 2017
- DigitalG
Poland
08 Apr 2016
- Digital16
Portugal
09 Jun 2016
- TheatricalM/12
South Korea
07 Apr 2016
- Theatrical12
USA
01 Mar 2016
- Theatrical
Ukraine
29 Sep 2016
- Theatrical
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Review by zara ★ 3
yes we only watched this film for the crumbs of robert pattinson, yes we exist
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Review by matt lynch ★★
Weirdly pretty turgid for something that seems practically built-to-order by history for Herzog with its ambitious, all-consumed iconoclast driven to push boundaries, the colonialist backdrop, and the intrinsic beauty of a hostile environment. I've been feeling like maybe Herzog needs to get away from his brand lately but I respectfully retract if this is what that looks like.
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Review by Horatio Fakename ½
How bad is this movie? Its last lines are literally, "She is the queen of the desert." ROLL CREDITS! (Just kidding, there's five minutes of titles explaining what happened to every character in the film, including two who are only introduced in the final scene. Then we get the credits.)
The worst part is this doesn't even feel like the typical bad Herzog movie, flying off the rails out of the same demented genius that gives us his great films. No, Queen of the Desert is Herzog taking aim for middlebrow glory, an attempted "sweeping" epic that fails on all accounts. Nicole Kidman is a great actress and beautiful woman, but what chance does she have playing a 26 year…
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Review by audrey 🌙 ★½ 1
if i can live the rest of my life without hearing james franco attempt a british accent again, it will be a life well-lived
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Review by Esteban Gonzalez ★★ 1
Werner Herzog directs this film based on the life of Gertrude Bell, an archeologist from the early 20th century that travelled across the deserted landscapes of the Middle East while falling in and out of love along the way. The only positive thing I can say about Queen of the Desert is that the landscape is gorgeously photographed, but the narrative lacks an emotional arc. The film basically put me to sleep and lost my interest as soon as it began. It is formulaic, conventional, and generic. It's unfortunate because there is a talented director and cast involved, but this simply wasn't a film for me. It's as boring as a 7 AM history lesson from school. I fell asleep and missed the final 15 minutes.
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Review by Raphael Georg Klopper ★★★½ 2
Searching for Meaning through the vast Infinite
Unfortunately Herzog from decades now only periodically ventured into making full-length features, as financing difficulties or his now older age impossibilities defined such conditions. And as of now, Queen Of The Desert seemed like his last big full-length movie, and emphasis on the big because this is perhaps his biggest production yet, onto making here a very old-fashioned epic biopic around the life of Gertrude Bell.
A female figure that’s as admirable as legendary, that promoted expeditions that challenged archeology at the beginning of the last century; approached and related with the Bedouin tribes among others; and who played a big part in the creation of the borders between modern Iraq and Jordan…
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Review by Michael Stuhlman ★★ 2
Oof. Talk about a misfire. How they took a woman who literally scaled mountains and turned her into this I will never understand. Gertrude Bell did so many fascinating things in her life time. Yet the first 45 minutes and much of the rest is focused more on her relationships to various men. It's a damn shame, and while the actors are all game, and the technical aspects impressive, it can't distract from the fact that this is a supremely dull take on a marvelously fascinating life.
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Review by kyle ★
werner herzog’s dune. praise nicole kidmuad’dib
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Review by russman ★★
This felt longer than Lawrence of Arabia
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Review by Channing Pomeroy ★★★
We come to Werner Herzog’s films for his unique heroes. The Herzogian Hero is as recognizable an archetype as the Byronic: obsessive, self-invented, battling God and nature in Conquest of the Useless and impossible. Conquistadores, ship-draggers, Grizzly whisperers.
Gertrude Bell appears like a prime contender for the Herzog Heroes starting 11. But while Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, da Silva, Little Dieter, and Timothy Treadwell are sui generis obsessives on mad quests, his Gertrude Bell seems driven on her desert adventures as a reaction to a pair of failed Merchant–Ivory love affairs.
That’s why this film was so disappointing. We don’t get our first Herzogian Heroine, or even a female Lawrence of Arabia. We get a middlebrow historical romance adventure with Herzogian touches.…
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Review by Thomas ★★½
Not as bad as I feared but certainly disappointing. Usually, the most exciting thing about watching a Werner Herzog movie is the realization that no other filmmaker could have made the movie the way it is. In other words, the knowledge of watching something utterly unique. “Queen of the Desert” doesn´t give me that feeling, instead it feels like any other average or even below average Hollywood historical biopic. With this setting and subject matter, you would hope to see Herzog´s “Lawrence of Arabia” (T.E. Lawrence even appears as a character, played by Robert Pattinson of all people) but instead it´s one of his most forgettable films. It´s still well-made, featuring stunning on-location photography, several evocative shots, and intriguing performances,…
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Review by Cathal 🔪 ★★★
Didn’t know what to expect with this one but it ticked a lot of boxes, namely it had a good cast and the story was well paced and interesting. Wouldn’t watch it again but I’m happy I watched it.
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