Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for to travel to Tehran. So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer, and an encounter with T.E. Lawrence.

Globetrotting auteur Werner Herzog returns to large-scale filmmaking with this grand, big-budget production: a biographical film of epic sweep, based on the life of explorer and cartographer Gertrude Bell. Featuring Nicole Kidman in the titular role, and Robert Pattinson as Lawrence of Arabia!