How true to reality is the film Queen of the Desert?

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Queen of the Desert is a 2015 biographical film about Gertrude Bell, an Englishwoman who spent most of her life in the Middle East and played a part in the establishment of some Arab states in the early 20th century: more or less a "female Lawrence of Arabia". From Wikipedia it seems that the film received many negative reviews, but due to its slow pacing and uneventfulness rather than lack of realism.

How accurate is this film as a depiction of the life of the real woman Gertrude Bell? Is it more or less true to life in what it covers (while obviously missing some parts of her life), or does it make up a lot of stuff out of whole cloth?






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Is the Queen of the Desert based on a true story?

The story of QUEEN OF THE DESERT is based on the true-life story of Gertrude Bell, who was a British political officer and archaeologist but ultimately a trailblazer on her terms.

How old was Nicole Kidman when she made Queen of the Desert?

Nicole Kidman was 46 during filming, while her character Gertrude was just 21 at the film's start. The British colonel who tries to stop Bell going in to the desert in 1906 and who later asks her to spy for the British is wearing three medal ribbons.

Where in England was Queen of the Desert filmed?

Principal photography with the main cast started in Merzouga on January 13, 2014. Filming also took place at Marrakesh and Erfoud and continued till February 26, 2014, in Ouarzazate, Morocco. After Morocco, filming moved to London and finished on March 6, 2014. A major portion of filming took place in Morocco.

What year is Queen of the Desert set in?

The story begins in 1898 as Bell (played by Nicole Kidman) rankles her parents with desires of exploring the world and challenging herself intellectually instead of finding the appropriate suitor.



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