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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:40,186 --> 00:02:43,973 Assuming the Ottoman Empire finally becomes defunct, 2 00:02:43,975 --> 00:02:47,747 Russia would get the Dardanelles, the portion closest to them, 3 00:02:47,749 --> 00:02:51,187 and the Italians, the islands off the mainland. 4 00:02:51,620 --> 00:02:56,175 - And the French had no problem with that? - But the French had problems with everything. 5 00:02:56,743 --> 00:02:58,325 That is their nature. 6 00:02:59,558 --> 00:03:01,304 And the big pieces? 7 00:03:01,405 --> 00:03:05,347 Oh once I conceded control over Syria and Lebanon to them it got easier. 8 00:03:06,768 --> 00:03:08,594 Let us read your mind. 9 00:03:08,596 --> 00:03:12,063 Mr Churchill, do you really want Lebanon for the British Empire? 10 00:03:12,065 --> 00:03:16,689 It's a mess grown in a 1,000 years that no one will ever disentangle. 11 00:03:16,691 --> 00:03:19,470 And Syria might pose an even bigger problem. 12 00:03:19,472 --> 00:03:24,699 Sunni, Shiite, Alawites, Druze, Christian, all at each other's throats. 13 00:03:24,701 --> 00:03:29,146 And up North, the Kurds. Let the French deal with the Kurds. 14 00:03:29,148 --> 00:03:32,143 Or let the French try to deal with the Kurds. 15 00:03:32,145 --> 00:03:33,631 And let them fail. 16 00:03:33,632 --> 00:03:36,603 I know where all your intelligence comes from. 17 00:03:39,873 --> 00:03:43,260 Are you trying to say... from the woman? 18 00:03:44,389 --> 00:03:46,317 From that woman? 19 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:49,775 Petty rivalries only after cocktails. 20 00:03:52,962 --> 00:03:55,081 Now, to us. 21 00:03:55,083 --> 00:03:58,653 Zone B: our area of influence. 22 00:03:58,655 --> 00:04:02,040 I wrestle from the French Baghdad, Bazra, Kuwait. 23 00:04:02,042 --> 00:04:05,681 This will now be under our direct control. 24 00:04:05,683 --> 00:04:08,278 And how do we delineate the borders? 25 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,959 - That will fall in place later. - No. 26 00:04:11,513 --> 00:04:14,672 This is the moment. It has to be now. 27 00:04:20,788 --> 00:04:23,546 Our issues start down here, in the South. 28 00:04:23,548 --> 00:04:26,218 Now it's just a vague dotted line. 29 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:29,660 - We have a problem with Ibn Saud. - The scoundrel. 30 00:04:29,662 --> 00:04:30,941 In fact we have two problems. 31 00:04:30,943 --> 00:04:34,438 Firstly, he wants the whole of Arabia as a separate country for himself. 32 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,892 The bastard. 33 00:04:36,994 --> 00:04:40,701 Ahh.. secondly, he wants a flexible border. 34 00:04:40,703 --> 00:04:44,046 One of his tribes moving North for the summer pastures. 35 00:04:44,048 --> 00:04:47,425 There are no bloody pastures. There's only sand. 36 00:04:47,427 --> 00:04:49,432 And he wants a border... 37 00:04:49,433 --> 00:04:52,000 according to the movement of people, not territory. 38 00:04:52,508 --> 00:04:54,356 East is not fly. 39 00:04:55,321 --> 00:04:57,905 Who knows best about tribes? 40 00:04:57,907 --> 00:05:00,978 Lineages, affiliations, rivalries. 41 00:05:00,980 --> 00:05:04,173 Who knows best about Bedouin tribes? 42 00:05:05,192 --> 00:05:07,905 And who is going to rule over all of this? 43 00:05:09,034 --> 00:05:11,622 We are talking to potential future kings. 44 00:05:11,624 --> 00:05:16,237 Who knows the candidates? Who knows them best? 45 00:05:18,224 --> 00:05:20,409 The woman. Gertrude. 46 00:05:21,568 --> 00:05:23,446 Gertrude who? 47 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,932 - Gertrude Bell. - A silly bitch. 48 00:05:27,934 --> 00:05:31,931 It's a chattering windbag of conceited, gushing, 49 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:34,089 heavy-chested man-woman, 50 00:05:34,503 --> 00:05:38,343 a globe-trotting, rump-wagging, blethering ass. 51 00:05:44,103 --> 00:05:45,648 Gertrude. 52 00:05:46,710 --> 00:05:48,389 - Gertrude, look at me. - Mother, don't. 53 00:05:48,391 --> 00:05:50,601 - What? - Don't tell me how to behave. 54 00:05:50,603 --> 00:05:52,476 I'm afraid I'm going to, anyway. 55 00:05:53,944 --> 00:05:56,787 - You will smile. - Yes, mother. 56 00:05:57,299 --> 00:06:01,038 You will not, scare the young men with your intelligence. 57 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,400 How do I do that? I cannot play dumb. 58 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:06,944 Just, listen to what they have to say, and smile. 59 00:06:06,946 --> 00:06:08,771 That will be hard. 60 00:06:09,287 --> 00:06:11,340 - Gertrude... - I love it. 61 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:16,305 I love it. 62 00:06:16,707 --> 00:06:18,509 I love it. 63 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:36,864 - And then? - You mean after the lion? 64 00:06:36,866 --> 00:06:39,325 - Yes. - Well then I shot an elephant. 65 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:39,900 Ah! 66 00:06:40,288 --> 00:06:42,599 And all of this was in the South of Sudan? 67 00:06:42,601 --> 00:06:45,413 No, my hunting party had moved to Kenya by then. 68 00:06:45,415 --> 00:06:47,747 - Oh.. - God, was that a safari! 69 00:06:49,495 --> 00:06:51,884 I would guess you didn't shoot just one elephant. 70 00:06:52,957 --> 00:06:58,455 First a rhino, then a lion, and then two elephant bulls. 71 00:07:00,128 --> 00:07:02,310 Are there any elephants left in Africa? 72 00:07:03,867 --> 00:07:05,757 You meaning what, young lady? 73 00:07:10,962 --> 00:07:12,200 Gertrude... 74 00:07:13,172 --> 00:07:15,984 I would love, to elope with you. 75 00:07:17,453 --> 00:07:20,384 Where to? Paris, India? 76 00:07:21,154 --> 00:07:22,203 The pyramids? 77 00:07:22,405 --> 00:07:25,800 Out there, there's a barn. 78 00:07:27,855 --> 00:07:29,546 You mean hay? 79 00:07:31,329 --> 00:07:34,737 Nobody would notice if we left for a few minutes. 80 00:07:35,564 --> 00:07:38,602 You mean for fornication. If we can straight forward. 81 00:07:38,604 --> 00:07:39,900 Absolutely. 82 00:07:41,126 --> 00:07:43,920 - Like the cattle in the field? - Absolutely. 83 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:48,331 Arnold Runcie, I barely know you. 84 00:07:48,333 --> 00:07:52,249 - But you seem to like cows. - Absolutely. 85 00:07:52,995 --> 00:07:54,691 How many do you have? 86 00:07:54,693 --> 00:07:59,339 Near Newcastle, I have 800 Herefordshire. 87 00:07:59,341 --> 00:08:03,883 Up North, in Scotland, 2,000. 88 00:08:04,801 --> 00:08:08,400 - Angus? - Angus. Yes. 89 00:08:08,844 --> 00:08:10,547 Black, Angus. 90 00:08:25,898 --> 00:08:29,934 Miss Bell, thank you for the honour. 91 00:08:30,546 --> 00:08:32,731 Over here, Mr. Havenhurst. 92 00:08:32,733 --> 00:08:34,595 Over here to your left. 93 00:08:34,597 --> 00:08:36,694 I'm so sorry. 94 00:08:37,699 --> 00:08:39,025 So sorry. 95 00:08:41,606 --> 00:08:43,133 Dear God! 96 00:08:43,974 --> 00:08:46,677 Send me an earthquake, please. 97 00:09:03,556 --> 00:09:06,963 I can't take it, I can't take it any longer. 98 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:09,439 I feel so domesticated. 99 00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:13,945 - It.. it's stifling to me. - Oh Gertrude, what am I supposed to say? 100 00:09:13,947 --> 00:09:17,551 I can say it. We should never have allowed you to go to Oxford. 101 00:09:17,651 --> 00:09:19,262 But dear, she's one of only four women to 102 00:09:19,264 --> 00:09:22,324 study history and to graduate with the highest honours. 103 00:09:22,597 --> 00:09:25,791 A young, unmarried woman from a good family should not... 104 00:09:25,793 --> 00:09:28,083 Should not be allowed out on the street without a chaperone. 105 00:09:28,549 --> 00:09:32,632 - Gertrude, would you please sit down? - No, no, I don't want to sit down. 106 00:09:32,841 --> 00:09:36,032 Ohh.. darling, darling, darling, I have always supported you. 107 00:09:36,134 --> 00:09:38,400 I've watched you climb, sharp high rocks. 108 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,900 But let us not forget the string of nannies who quit because of your wilfulness. 109 00:09:43,023 --> 00:09:44,708 Ah well, so what. 110 00:09:45,206 --> 00:09:48,547 Do you remember that time when you climbed that tall beech tree in the park? 111 00:09:48,549 --> 00:09:51,702 And you had a very large lamp shade on your back. 112 00:09:52,454 --> 00:09:54,305 Yes, I remember that. 113 00:09:54,307 --> 00:09:56,996 Yes you were only 5, and you were already reading voraciously. 114 00:09:56,998 --> 00:10:00,663 And somebody stupidly showed you Leonardo da Vinci's sketchbook. 115 00:10:01,112 --> 00:10:05,079 - I remember the one with the parachute. - Who ever would need a parachute? 116 00:10:05,709 --> 00:10:08,154 Everyone. Everyone needs a parachute. 117 00:10:08,156 --> 00:10:12,211 Well it probably hurt me more than you when you broke your ankle. 118 00:10:12,741 --> 00:10:15,423 I don't like to think about it, it hurts me even today. 119 00:10:16,789 --> 00:10:18,952 Get me out of here, please. 120 00:10:19,554 --> 00:10:22,558 Please, please, get me out of here! 121 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:26,300 India, Arabia, anywhere. Please! 122 00:10:35,953 --> 00:10:37,044 You know... 123 00:10:39,815 --> 00:10:42,790 However how much it hurts me when you're not around, 124 00:10:44,454 --> 00:10:47,038 we are going to have to get you out of here. 125 00:10:47,666 --> 00:10:49,100 Where? 126 00:10:50,799 --> 00:10:52,699 What about Tehran? 127 00:10:53,558 --> 00:10:55,171 The embassy. 128 00:11:01,255 --> 00:11:04,126 I'm going to introduce Gertrude now Mary, 129 00:11:04,128 --> 00:11:07,996 it's introduction time. Gertrude, may I use your glass for a moment, thank you. 130 00:11:08,826 --> 00:11:10,654 Excellencies. 131 00:11:10,656 --> 00:11:13,909 Here you go. Ladies and gentlemen, come forward. 132 00:11:15,456 --> 00:11:17,501 Come forward. Thank you. 133 00:11:19,249 --> 00:11:24,062 I'd like to introduce Gertrude Lowthian Bell to you. 134 00:11:24,364 --> 00:11:26,914 She is a brilliant young scholar, 135 00:11:26,916 --> 00:11:30,629 and I am blessed to call her my niece. 136 00:11:30,631 --> 00:11:34,511 She is actually the daughter of my wife Mary's sister, 137 00:11:35,134 --> 00:11:37,200 and we love her. 138 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:43,135 And I'm sure you all, will make her stay with us, a wonderful experience. 139 00:11:43,934 --> 00:11:47,253 As to the return of my dear wife, 140 00:11:47,255 --> 00:11:50,836 boys, the wildlife is over. 141 00:11:52,335 --> 00:11:55,360 No more riding on horseback into our dining room. 142 00:11:56,761 --> 00:12:01,216 No more drunken orgies on our well-groomed British lawn. 143 00:12:02,342 --> 00:12:05,672 No more rescues of damsels in distress. 144 00:12:06,256 --> 00:12:09,475 And no more, public display 145 00:12:09,477 --> 00:12:15,200 of the wildest irreverence, towards our beloved Queen Victoria, 146 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,052 who, I think needs to spend time here, 147 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:24,800 to wean her from her grand design of a prudish empire. 148 00:12:26,812 --> 00:12:28,800 To the British Empire! 149 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,613 To the British Empire! 150 00:12:30,944 --> 00:12:32,515 And to Persia. 151 00:12:32,517 --> 00:12:37,736 The country, of 5,000 years of poetry. 152 00:12:38,441 --> 00:12:40,136 Why is my glass empty? 153 00:12:40,138 --> 00:12:42,202 Where is the champagne? 154 00:12:58,713 --> 00:13:02,800 The scents. Can't believe it. 155 00:13:04,838 --> 00:13:07,640 - And the birds. - Nightingale. 156 00:13:07,642 --> 00:13:11,669 When I cry at night into my pillow, she always makes me feel happy. 157 00:13:11,671 --> 00:13:15,411 She? Umm, I think it's only the males that sing. 158 00:13:15,735 --> 00:13:19,028 - Oh don't spoil it. - I'm sorry, Flo... 159 00:13:20,201 --> 00:13:21,700 Hello. 160 00:13:24,164 --> 00:13:25,863 I'm Henry Cadogan. 161 00:13:25,864 --> 00:13:28,700 - I am... - Henry is the secretary of the Embassy. 162 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,648 Actually I'm, only the third secretary. 163 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,300 Miss Bell I welcome you to the embassy of Her Majesty the Queen. 164 00:13:37,444 --> 00:13:39,433 A prudish majesty. 165 00:13:41,448 --> 00:13:44,219 I have been officially assigned to be your guardian, 166 00:13:44,220 --> 00:13:46,200 to entertain you so, 167 00:13:46,540 --> 00:13:50,700 if there's anything you need at all, please let me know. 168 00:13:51,732 --> 00:13:53,529 I will do that. 169 00:13:59,515 --> 00:14:00,555 Henry. 170 00:14:00,902 --> 00:14:03,500 Oh Henry, please show us your trick shots. 171 00:14:03,549 --> 00:14:07,124 Florence, the table isn't even free, it's... 172 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:08,900 Please. 173 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,900 Please please please. 174 00:14:11,416 --> 00:14:13,800 No, I'm not a circus performer. 175 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,400 He has two unbelievable trick shots. 176 00:14:18,032 --> 00:14:21,133 Show us, your "Orbit of the Moon". 177 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,700 Florence, it's embarrassing. 178 00:14:23,935 --> 00:14:27,802 - What's your second trick shot? - The "Frog Leap". 179 00:14:28,231 --> 00:14:30,502 Henry, show us your card trick. 180 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,900 He has the greatest of card tricks. 181 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,332 - Really? - Please. 182 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:38,900 Florence, it's a silly trick. No! 183 00:14:46,222 --> 00:14:47,562 Come, come. 184 00:14:53,832 --> 00:14:57,003 Miss Bell, may I suggest at the residency, 185 00:14:57,004 --> 00:15:00,100 you put your bed out on the roof under the sky. 186 00:15:01,385 --> 00:15:03,907 I do love the stars at night. 187 00:15:04,460 --> 00:15:07,000 Although I'll have to put out mosquito netting for you. 188 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:08,932 Uhh the mosquitoes are awful. 189 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:13,100 Miss Lascelle, are we not boring you? 190 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,000 No. 191 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:16,600 Oh, no, no, no, no. 192 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:20,000 Florence. Florence, will you please come over? 193 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:20,735 Now? 194 00:15:20,737 --> 00:15:24,098 The new Italian ambassador has a present for you. 195 00:15:24,219 --> 00:15:28,000 - Henry, I shall come right back. - Alright. 196 00:15:41,265 --> 00:15:44,054 It's like "The Beast's Garden". 197 00:15:47,103 --> 00:15:51,980 It's a perfect nightmare of flowers, and scents. 198 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:53,600 Uh huh. 199 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,150 Mr. Cadogan, do you by any chance, know what this inscription says? 200 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:10,748 Yes. 201 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,800 It's in Farsi, 202 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:17,171 but a medieval form of it. 203 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,100 Can you read it? 204 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:20,900 Umm. 205 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:28,071 "With them, the seed of wisdom did I sow, 206 00:16:28,915 --> 00:16:33,650 "and with my own hand, laboured it to grow." 207 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,650 "And this was all the harvest that I reaped, 208 00:16:35,712 --> 00:16:38,300 "I came like water and like wind I go." 209 00:16:39,817 --> 00:16:41,900 Miss Bell, you know poetry? 210 00:16:42,961 --> 00:16:46,700 - You know Omar Khayyam. - Yes, I do. 211 00:16:49,020 --> 00:16:50,806 I want to learn his language. 212 00:16:55,434 --> 00:16:56,765 Mother dearest, 213 00:16:56,767 --> 00:17:00,090 I am using the opportunity to send you this 214 00:17:00,100 --> 00:17:01,827 with today's diplomatic pouch. 215 00:17:02,153 --> 00:17:05,800 My first week has been most precious and I have started to learn Farsi 216 00:17:05,810 --> 00:17:08,582 in order to read the poets in their original. 217 00:17:10,381 --> 00:17:14,369 Mr. Cadogan, who works at the embassy, is very helpful in this. 218 00:17:14,995 --> 00:17:18,383 He is agreeable, intelligent, well-read, 219 00:17:18,418 --> 00:17:21,503 looking after us, Florence and me, as his special property. 220 00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:23,457 I like him. 221 00:17:25,175 --> 00:17:27,837 He's invited us to ride with him today." 222 00:17:33,437 --> 00:17:36,100 - But Henry, you can't ride. - Yes, I can. 223 00:17:36,130 --> 00:17:37,403 What if you fall? 224 00:17:37,827 --> 00:17:40,030 - It happens to the best. - You will get hurt. 225 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,700 I don't like you to ride. 226 00:17:41,817 --> 00:17:45,400 - Why don't you join us? - I'm afraid of horses. 227 00:17:47,858 --> 00:17:49,200 Bye. 228 00:18:20,336 --> 00:18:26,264 Miss Bell, this is my favourite place in all of the countryside. 229 00:18:26,785 --> 00:18:29,409 After the winter, when the water level's very high 230 00:18:29,411 --> 00:18:34,000 the shepherds swim their flocks down here for the summer pasture. 231 00:18:35,183 --> 00:18:37,809 Sometimes there're thousands of sheep, 232 00:18:37,811 --> 00:18:42,600 and, the shepherds swim among them on these inflated goat skins. 233 00:18:42,865 --> 00:18:45,100 - Yes, I've seen that. - Have you? 234 00:18:45,150 --> 00:18:46,602 In Babylonian reliefs. 235 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:49,103 They were doing it 4,000 years ago. 236 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,100 - They're still doing it. - It's extraordinary. 237 00:18:56,101 --> 00:18:58,114 Sometimes I go up there. 238 00:19:00,757 --> 00:19:02,800 I'm a fairly good mountain climber, 239 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,100 but how for God's sake do you get up? 240 00:19:05,185 --> 00:19:08,200 I must confess it's pretty easy, heh.. 241 00:19:08,681 --> 00:19:11,636 Just walk around the back, and go up. 242 00:19:12,668 --> 00:19:14,504 And why? 243 00:19:15,417 --> 00:19:17,380 Why do you go there? 244 00:19:23,071 --> 00:19:24,804 I go when I'm lonely. 245 00:19:27,816 --> 00:19:29,912 I get very lonely. 246 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:47,100 Gertrude. 247 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,000 Ahh, dear... 248 00:19:48,395 --> 00:19:50,900 - Yes? - A letter. 249 00:19:51,192 --> 00:19:54,152 - A letter for me? - No, for Henry. 250 00:19:55,690 --> 00:19:58,900 - Mr. Cadogan you mean? - Yes, Henry. 251 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,300 Could you please hand him this letter? 252 00:20:01,642 --> 00:20:03,800 Why don't you give it to him yourself? 253 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:06,200 Oh I can not, I can not. 254 00:20:06,266 --> 00:20:07,949 Why can't you? 255 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,000 Gertrude, from woman to woman, you won't say anything? 256 00:20:14,124 --> 00:20:17,000 - No, I won't. - To no one? 257 00:20:17,523 --> 00:20:20,406 Not a soul I, I promise. 258 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:29,100 Well.. since last year. I mean since one year, two months and 11 days... 259 00:20:29,216 --> 00:20:30,731 What? 260 00:20:30,733 --> 00:20:32,856 I have had... 261 00:20:32,858 --> 00:20:35,358 a passion for Henry. 262 00:20:36,648 --> 00:20:39,700 What did he say to you today? Did he mention me today? 263 00:20:41,805 --> 00:20:44,700 No, we just talked about shepherds. 264 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,000 So.. why can't you give Mr. Cadogan your letter? 265 00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:50,285 I just can't. 266 00:20:50,387 --> 00:20:54,050 And sending him letters by mail might cause gossip upon its arrival. 267 00:20:54,124 --> 00:20:55,026 Letters? 268 00:20:55,428 --> 00:20:57,800 See I have written two hundred and two. 269 00:20:58,103 --> 00:21:01,369 What is.. so terrible. 270 00:21:03,501 --> 00:21:05,291 I can't send them. 271 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:12,026 Sweet Florence, my darling. 272 00:21:12,411 --> 00:21:14,941 You know I would do anything for you. 273 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,300 But I cannot fight the battles of your heart. 274 00:21:42,289 --> 00:21:43,797 Father dearest, 275 00:21:44,583 --> 00:21:47,240 I do not know where to begin. 276 00:21:47,946 --> 00:21:51,100 The Orient is like a prolonged dream. 277 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,300 I am being taken care of wonderfully by Auntie, and for all the rest, 278 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,600 Mr. Cadogan is a fine guide and guardian. 279 00:22:04,517 --> 00:22:07,055 He takes care of Florence and me. 280 00:22:07,257 --> 00:22:09,863 He shows us lovely things from the bazaars. 281 00:22:10,506 --> 00:22:12,912 He is always there when we want him, 282 00:22:13,014 --> 00:22:15,000 and never when we don't. 283 00:22:15,435 --> 00:22:16,529 Hurry. 284 00:22:27,605 --> 00:22:30,577 Yes. Thank you for bringing us. 285 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,766 You see, they really eat the heads here. 286 00:22:36,341 --> 00:22:37,311 Do they? 287 00:22:37,513 --> 00:22:39,900 - This is a delicacy? - Yeah. 288 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:48,002 Look at the colours! 289 00:22:48,603 --> 00:22:50,800 - Ah yes. - So pretty. 290 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:53,608 This is paprika. You try it. 291 00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:54,863 I can? 292 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:01,678 How do you say "Thank you"? 293 00:23:05,381 --> 00:23:06,803 Don't you love it, Florence? 294 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:21,564 Miss Bell. 295 00:23:23,242 --> 00:23:25,637 I stayed up, hoping I would see you. 296 00:23:26,255 --> 00:23:28,313 I didn't come to play billiards. 297 00:23:29,938 --> 00:23:31,595 Why did you come? 298 00:23:33,664 --> 00:23:36,293 I came, for your card trick. 299 00:23:37,663 --> 00:23:39,200 I see. 300 00:23:41,596 --> 00:23:43,086 Card trick it is. 301 00:23:44,438 --> 00:23:46,244 You have to come over here. 302 00:23:52,396 --> 00:23:55,670 As you can see, the deck is already shuffled. 303 00:23:56,204 --> 00:24:00,512 The red cards and the black cards are, placed at random. 304 00:24:02,799 --> 00:24:06,900 This trick is fiendish. 305 00:24:08,566 --> 00:24:15,044 Because, from this point on, I will not touch the cards. 306 00:24:16,314 --> 00:24:18,179 You will do everything. 307 00:24:18,818 --> 00:24:19,969 Me? 308 00:24:21,369 --> 00:24:22,369 You see, 309 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,494 I am going to cast a spell over you. 310 00:24:27,403 --> 00:24:31,524 And under this spell, without looking, 311 00:24:31,626 --> 00:24:37,770 you'll be able to determine if the card is red, or if it is black. 312 00:24:37,959 --> 00:24:39,862 Without looking at the cards? 313 00:24:42,170 --> 00:24:43,962 That's impossible. 314 00:24:44,264 --> 00:24:46,812 According to the laws of probability. 315 00:24:47,541 --> 00:24:50,000 Under my spell, 316 00:24:51,550 --> 00:24:54,179 the laws do not exist. 317 00:24:57,226 --> 00:24:58,960 You may begin. 318 00:25:02,763 --> 00:25:04,726 Do not turn it over. 319 00:25:05,311 --> 00:25:06,625 I'm not. 320 00:25:07,469 --> 00:25:09,019 What colour is it? 321 00:25:13,563 --> 00:25:14,644 Black. 322 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:18,444 Black. 323 00:25:20,808 --> 00:25:21,887 Red. 324 00:25:23,596 --> 00:25:24,678 Black. 325 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:26,117 Red. 326 00:25:29,481 --> 00:25:31,472 Black. Black. 327 00:25:31,474 --> 00:25:34,487 Red. Red. Red. 328 00:25:46,634 --> 00:25:47,644 Voila. 329 00:25:51,155 --> 00:25:55,039 Mr. Cadogan, you did touch the cards again, 330 00:25:55,041 --> 00:25:56,583 when you turned them over. 331 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:03,570 Gertrude, you're very smart. 332 00:26:04,702 --> 00:26:07,569 You're the only one who's ever noticed that. 333 00:26:09,984 --> 00:26:13,132 Did you just call me "Gertrude", Henry? 334 00:26:14,304 --> 00:26:15,780 Yes, I did. 335 00:26:17,220 --> 00:26:19,336 And did you just call me Henry? 336 00:26:20,743 --> 00:26:23,695 Shhh... the walls have ears. 337 00:26:28,661 --> 00:26:30,530 How does the trick really work? 338 00:26:35,958 --> 00:26:37,758 I'm not going to tell you. 339 00:26:38,883 --> 00:26:41,016 But you're very close. 340 00:26:42,325 --> 00:26:43,841 Am I? 341 00:27:19,101 --> 00:27:21,026 Love the birds here. 342 00:27:24,986 --> 00:27:26,700 I come here for the birds. 343 00:28:36,821 --> 00:28:39,309 This is the Tower of Silence. 344 00:28:52,367 --> 00:28:55,921 Gertrude, you're sure you wish to go all the way up? 345 00:28:55,923 --> 00:28:57,238 Yes, I'm sure. 346 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,978 Yes. 347 00:29:01,302 --> 00:29:03,500 There may be bones. 348 00:29:04,544 --> 00:29:06,036 Maybe skulls. 349 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,540 Maybe vultures. 350 00:29:21,439 --> 00:29:23,492 What if we anger the vultures? 351 00:29:26,201 --> 00:29:28,673 They've probably heard us and flown away. 352 00:29:30,355 --> 00:29:31,429 As I told you, 353 00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:35,372 this is what the Zoroastrians, leave their dead to the vultures. 354 00:29:36,509 --> 00:29:38,564 They consider them sacred. 355 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,457 You're scared? 356 00:29:54,098 --> 00:29:55,443 I'm not afraid. 357 00:30:07,444 --> 00:30:09,721 Gertrude Lowthian Bell. 358 00:30:10,618 --> 00:30:12,465 I wish to kiss you. 359 00:30:29,288 --> 00:30:31,286 Maybe we shouldn't do it here. 360 00:30:33,024 --> 00:30:34,842 Run. Come on. 361 00:32:08,597 --> 00:32:10,869 Florence, stop that moody brooding. 362 00:32:10,871 --> 00:32:13,031 - Oh Father... - Frank. 363 00:32:13,033 --> 00:32:16,100 - Please don't Frank Frank me. - She is a girl. 364 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,651 My dinner table is a no cry zone. 365 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,058 I'm sorry I gave birth to a daughter. You wanted a boy, obviously. 366 00:32:22,060 --> 00:32:23,131 Absolutely not! 367 00:32:23,132 --> 00:32:26,121 You could've born me a dromedary, and I wouldn't have minded. 368 00:32:28,226 --> 00:32:30,000 Now look, darling. 369 00:32:30,266 --> 00:32:32,758 There is a good side about tears. 370 00:32:33,413 --> 00:32:36,530 If you cry a lot, you need to pee much less. 371 00:32:49,591 --> 00:32:51,859 Let's smoke a cigar together. 372 00:32:55,758 --> 00:32:57,550 - Bread. - Yeah. 373 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:58,838 A piece of bread. 374 00:33:00,237 --> 00:33:02,281 A.. a loaf of bread. 375 00:33:04,511 --> 00:33:07,799 Sharab wine. A flask of wine. 376 00:33:08,758 --> 00:33:10,377 And so, umm.. 377 00:33:11,671 --> 00:33:13,221 You're doing so well. 378 00:33:13,323 --> 00:33:15,100 - I am? - Yes. 379 00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:22,121 "A loaf of bread beneath the bough. A flask of wine, a book of verse. 380 00:33:22,804 --> 00:33:28,103 "And Thou beside me singing in the wilderness, 381 00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:32,559 and wilderness is paradise enow." 382 00:33:35,233 --> 00:33:37,900 More. More more more more more more.. 383 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,200 Look at this verse. 384 00:33:40,570 --> 00:33:45,700 "The bird of time, has but a little way, 385 00:33:46,114 --> 00:33:47,594 to fly." 386 00:34:03,503 --> 00:34:06,401 - It's of Alexander the Great. - Yeah. 387 00:34:07,478 --> 00:34:11,350 That's 2,200 years looking at you. 388 00:34:12,498 --> 00:34:15,334 - It is for me? - No. 389 00:34:18,329 --> 00:34:20,063 Only half. 390 00:34:21,217 --> 00:34:23,731 I had a silversmith cut it in two. 391 00:34:24,808 --> 00:34:28,247 So half is for you, and half is for me. 392 00:34:39,308 --> 00:34:41,269 Wherever you are in the world, 393 00:34:42,183 --> 00:34:44,155 and wherever I might be, 394 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,992 this is proof that we belong to each other. 395 00:34:48,358 --> 00:34:52,950 And if one of us dies, then the other keeps the whole coin. 396 00:34:54,555 --> 00:34:55,885 Henry. 397 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:07,835 Gertrude Lowthian Bell, 398 00:35:09,198 --> 00:35:10,953 will you marry me? 399 00:35:13,746 --> 00:35:15,741 Did I hear you correctly? 400 00:35:16,931 --> 00:35:19,719 Yes, marry me. Will you marry me? 401 00:35:22,666 --> 00:35:24,900 Shouldn't you be down on your knees? 402 00:35:25,198 --> 00:35:26,637 Oh no. 403 00:35:29,782 --> 00:35:31,449 I did it wrong. 404 00:35:36,865 --> 00:35:38,800 - Yes. - Yes? 405 00:35:41,817 --> 00:35:45,450 Alright, will you marry me? 406 00:35:46,752 --> 00:35:48,315 I will. 407 00:36:10,232 --> 00:36:11,445 Henry? 408 00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:16,300 What are you doing? 409 00:36:21,417 --> 00:36:25,000 How did you pass the security guards with a ladder? 410 00:36:28,387 --> 00:36:32,450 I know how to do all the most important things in life. 411 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,500 But you could've fallen to your death. 412 00:36:42,539 --> 00:36:46,800 It was very important that I solve a particular mystery. 413 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,700 What mystery? 414 00:36:49,809 --> 00:36:51,449 Well, you see... 415 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,345 I love your smile. 416 00:36:55,587 --> 00:36:59,844 But many a man, in love with a woman's smile, 417 00:37:00,146 --> 00:37:04,602 has made the mistake, of marrying the whole girl. 418 00:37:15,145 --> 00:37:17,100 Here's the whole girl. 419 00:37:53,374 --> 00:37:56,068 I wonder why my father hasn't answered me. 420 00:37:56,957 --> 00:37:59,438 Don't worry, there's always a delay because, 421 00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:02,500 the mail needs to be sorted in the foreign office in London. 422 00:38:02,645 --> 00:38:04,787 Two days ago I sent a telegram. 423 00:38:05,654 --> 00:38:06,931 Sent a telegram, 424 00:38:06,933 --> 00:38:08,453 from the embassy? 425 00:38:08,555 --> 00:38:11,650 - So, everyone knows about us? - No. 426 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,323 No, I only said, "Have you sent an answer?" 427 00:38:16,483 --> 00:38:17,946 and I've heard nothing. 428 00:38:18,248 --> 00:38:20,428 Nothing from him. 429 00:38:21,612 --> 00:38:23,390 I'm worried. 430 00:38:47,352 --> 00:38:49,027 Can I help you? 431 00:38:50,573 --> 00:38:55,739 Memsah, from dispatch. Don't have a telegram, 432 00:38:55,952 --> 00:38:59,166 but I noticed that the mailwoman had this letter for you. 433 00:39:00,469 --> 00:39:01,878 I knew you were waiting. 434 00:39:02,180 --> 00:39:03,855 I'm always here for you. 435 00:39:05,411 --> 00:39:06,504 I would.. 436 00:39:07,209 --> 00:39:08,900 I would.. would... 437 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,200 Would what? 438 00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,844 I would give my life for a woman like you. 439 00:40:29,168 --> 00:40:32,406 I shall return home, I shall speak to my father. 440 00:40:43,538 --> 00:40:46,320 Love is lawless. Don't go. 441 00:41:10,497 --> 00:41:13,600 His credentials are not impressive. 442 00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:15,126 I don't care. 443 00:41:15,328 --> 00:41:18,063 Do you have any idea how little a junior diplomat earns? 444 00:41:18,065 --> 00:41:22,000 I could live in a tent - a tent! - with the man I love. 445 00:41:22,066 --> 00:41:24,577 What I have found out about him and what you probably do not know... 446 00:41:24,579 --> 00:41:25,673 I know everything. 447 00:41:25,675 --> 00:41:28,561 What you probably do not know is the man is a gambler. 448 00:41:28,650 --> 00:41:31,439 He's accumulated significant debts. 449 00:41:31,594 --> 00:41:34,600 But, you had an enormous, an enormous debt. 450 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:37,000 When you started your steel mill, you did. 451 00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:39,300 - My answer remains, No! - Why? 452 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:42,500 I will not give my consent to this, 453 00:41:42,621 --> 00:41:45,309 this childish plan. 454 00:42:01,050 --> 00:42:04,208 The nightingale with drops of his heart's blood, 455 00:42:04,510 --> 00:42:06,768 had nourished the red rose. 456 00:42:09,474 --> 00:42:11,128 Then came the wind. 457 00:42:14,865 --> 00:42:17,695 And catching at the boughs in envious mood, 458 00:42:17,900 --> 00:42:21,425 a hundred thorns about his heart entwined. 459 00:43:07,222 --> 00:43:11,300 This, just arrived by diplomatic pouch from Tehran. 460 00:43:13,708 --> 00:43:19,702 ... says that the coin, and the clothes of Mr., Mr. Henry Cadogan, 461 00:43:19,804 --> 00:43:24,300 were found neatly arranged on a rock, by the Lar river. 462 00:43:28,483 --> 00:43:32,100 Cadogan's body was found, the following day, 463 00:43:32,152 --> 00:43:35,500 at the bottom of a, of a cliff, 464 00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:38,434 on the opposite side of the river. 465 00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:45,250 The embassy regrets to inform you of this, tragic accident. 466 00:43:48,611 --> 00:43:50,764 It was no accident. 467 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:58,100 There's also a, short note from Cadogan, 468 00:43:58,200 --> 00:43:59,922 which I hesitate to give to you. 469 00:44:08,182 --> 00:44:10,000 Gertrude, I'll leave you now. 470 00:44:18,991 --> 00:44:23,933 Eternal love, does keep in his complacent arms, 471 00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:28,628 the earth, the air, the deep. 472 00:45:06,798 --> 00:45:09,723 Light of mine eyes, and harvest of my heart, 473 00:45:10,493 --> 00:45:13,369 and mine at last in changeless memory. 474 00:45:14,036 --> 00:45:17,000 Ah when he found it easy to depart, 475 00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:19,976 he left the harder pilgrimage to me. 476 00:45:20,744 --> 00:45:23,396 Oh Camel-driver though the cordage start, 477 00:45:23,496 --> 00:45:26,409 for God's sake help me lift the fallen load, 478 00:45:27,247 --> 00:45:29,747 and pity be my comrade of the road. 479 00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:39,200 My face is seamed with dust, mine eyes are wet, 480 00:45:39,647 --> 00:45:42,850 of dust and tears the turquoise firmament, 481 00:45:42,928 --> 00:45:47,213 kneadeth the bricks for joy's abode. And yet, 482 00:45:47,313 --> 00:45:50,698 I had not castled, and the time is gone. 483 00:45:52,581 --> 00:45:54,389 What shall I play? 484 00:45:54,589 --> 00:45:58,209 Upon the chequered floor of night and day, 485 00:45:58,451 --> 00:46:00,367 Death won the game. 486 00:46:48,275 --> 00:46:52,956 For the first time in my life, I know who I am. 487 00:46:54,467 --> 00:46:57,136 My heart belongs to no one now but the desert. 488 00:47:08,155 --> 00:47:10,830 - Ahh.. for years really. - Years? 489 00:47:12,348 --> 00:47:17,154 But why venturing out in the desert, a woman alone, in times of war? 490 00:47:18,151 --> 00:47:20,916 Have you ever experienced the desert? 491 00:47:21,424 --> 00:47:23,124 What has that got to do with it? 492 00:47:24,268 --> 00:47:27,500 What I would like to know is this: What brings you here? 493 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,137 Why do you leave England for good, as you say? 494 00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:32,926 Well to be honest, I do not fully understood myself. 495 00:47:33,026 --> 00:47:34,937 But I did have my moment of epiphany. 496 00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,482 Miss Bell, allow me to be candid. 497 00:47:37,788 --> 00:47:39,843 This sounds pathetic. 498 00:47:43,349 --> 00:47:45,000 And what are your intentions? 499 00:47:46,367 --> 00:47:49,424 My intentions, are to move out there 500 00:47:49,524 --> 00:47:52,283 and, do some archaeological research. 501 00:47:52,354 --> 00:47:54,551 - Study the Bedouins. - The Bedouins? 502 00:47:55,672 --> 00:47:56,625 Heavens.. 503 00:47:57,325 --> 00:47:59,600 This is not going to happen. 504 00:48:00,862 --> 00:48:04,617 May I remind you, they are under Turkish administration. 505 00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:06,750 You going to ask for their permit? 506 00:48:06,805 --> 00:48:10,057 No, and I'm not going to ask for your permit either. 507 00:48:12,176 --> 00:48:13,979 Do not forget one thing. 508 00:48:14,334 --> 00:48:18,150 Do not forget that soon we intend to inherit their empire, 509 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:22,950 and I do not want trouble, I do not want trouble for our ongoing efforts. 510 00:48:22,952 --> 00:48:26,124 You will not stir up confrontations with Turkey 511 00:48:26,125 --> 00:48:29,441 because of the Bedouins. They are feuding amongst themselves. 512 00:48:29,541 --> 00:48:35,609 Now, this little venture of yours, is counterproductive, and it is dangerous. 513 00:48:36,297 --> 00:48:39,480 You have no power to stop me. 514 00:48:41,871 --> 00:48:45,300 You will not leave. 515 00:48:45,350 --> 00:48:46,691 Yes, I will. 516 00:48:46,842 --> 00:48:49,206 I have already been out there and I am going back. 517 00:48:49,408 --> 00:48:50,605 Good day, gentlemen. 518 00:48:50,707 --> 00:48:52,419 Miss Bell, even if it costs me 519 00:48:52,420 --> 00:48:54,921 to let the Turkish authorities know about your plans, 520 00:48:55,021 --> 00:48:56,843 they will intercept you. 521 00:48:57,176 --> 00:49:01,746 This silly business of yours is not going to happen! 522 00:49:22,633 --> 00:49:25,039 - Fattuh. - Yes, Miss Bell. 523 00:49:25,698 --> 00:49:29,951 Do you and the rest of the men know that we may, we may all be arrested? 524 00:49:30,053 --> 00:49:31,381 I'm prepared. 525 00:49:32,637 --> 00:49:34,000 Even for that? 526 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,131 Fattuh is always prepared. 527 00:49:56,548 --> 00:49:57,682 You are under arrest! 528 00:49:57,684 --> 00:49:59,587 All of you are under arrest! 529 00:50:04,823 --> 00:50:08,652 Lieutenant.. is there something I can help you with? 530 00:50:08,754 --> 00:50:10,950 Who allowed you to leave in the middle of the night, 531 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,121 without a permit by the authorities? 532 00:50:13,323 --> 00:50:16,444 - Effendi there must be some misunderstand... - We do have a permit. 533 00:50:17,110 --> 00:50:20,962 - You, who are you? - I'm Fattuh. The servant of Miss Bell. 534 00:50:22,695 --> 00:50:26,798 Miss Gertrude Bell, I know who you are. Do you have any weapons? 535 00:50:27,299 --> 00:50:29,340 Ah no. No we do not. 536 00:50:41,619 --> 00:50:44,813 - This document comes directly... - It comes directly from Istanbul. 537 00:50:44,850 --> 00:50:46,384 Directly from the ministry. 538 00:50:47,594 --> 00:50:50,395 Miss Bell, I am so sorry. 539 00:50:51,025 --> 00:50:53,066 I had a cable from our headquarters in Amman... 540 00:50:53,068 --> 00:50:57,038 Yes well, a man probably just wasn't notified by your government. 541 00:50:58,461 --> 00:51:01,510 The ways of bureaucracy are labyrinthine. It's always the same, even in London, 542 00:51:01,712 --> 00:51:03,799 at our Foreign Office, so... 543 00:51:03,801 --> 00:51:06,407 - Is that so? - Yes. Yes. 544 00:51:09,339 --> 00:51:10,782 Thank you, Lieutenant. 545 00:51:11,284 --> 00:51:13,248 Your horses look like they need some water. 546 00:51:13,250 --> 00:51:15,539 Would you like to share a moment with us? 547 00:51:22,474 --> 00:51:24,447 Where did you get the permit? 548 00:51:24,649 --> 00:51:27,514 I know this scribe in the main mosque in Amman. 549 00:51:27,516 --> 00:51:30,397 He can forge anything for a good bakchich. 550 00:51:30,399 --> 00:51:32,315 Fattuh. 551 00:51:37,182 --> 00:51:38,665 Lieutenant. 552 00:51:39,556 --> 00:51:42,770 Did you ah.. did you come from the garrison at the railway? 553 00:51:43,627 --> 00:51:44,872 Yes, lady. 554 00:51:45,747 --> 00:51:47,812 And how many cavalry are stationed there? 555 00:51:48,636 --> 00:51:49,855 About 60. 556 00:51:49,957 --> 00:51:51,576 But the numbers are dwindling. 557 00:51:51,578 --> 00:51:53,424 We were 100 in April. 558 00:51:53,426 --> 00:51:56,262 - Artillery? - All gone. 559 00:51:56,940 --> 00:51:58,586 I should not tell you that. 560 00:51:59,538 --> 00:52:01,364 I'm just a traveller and a scientist. 561 00:52:01,464 --> 00:52:04,637 Everyone knows that, that the forces of the Ottoman Empire 562 00:52:04,638 --> 00:52:06,735 are somewhat overstretched. 563 00:52:06,970 --> 00:52:09,106 Besides, it's all officially in the papers. 564 00:52:10,446 --> 00:52:12,406 But my outpost is not in the papers. 565 00:52:14,501 --> 00:52:16,279 Lieutenant. 566 00:52:16,281 --> 00:52:18,522 I would like to offer you a photograph. 567 00:52:19,978 --> 00:52:21,928 You are very kind, lady Bell. 568 00:52:22,030 --> 00:52:25,102 - You and your men. Do you accept? - Yeah I'd like to. 569 00:52:26,244 --> 00:52:29,500 And because I do not wish to carry a military secret, 570 00:52:29,900 --> 00:52:33,200 I am going to give you, the exposed negative. 571 00:52:33,519 --> 00:52:36,275 - You can have it developed in Aman. - Thank you. 572 00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:41,324 I would say right in the middle. 573 00:52:42,739 --> 00:52:43,665 Yes. 574 00:52:44,354 --> 00:52:46,504 Ah! The light is beautiful. 575 00:52:46,506 --> 00:52:47,907 Over here. 576 00:52:51,135 --> 00:52:52,013 Superb. 577 00:54:46,700 --> 00:54:48,051 More water, Omar. 578 00:54:51,533 --> 00:54:52,680 Fine. 579 00:54:53,011 --> 00:54:55,885 This well has plenty of water. 580 00:54:56,566 --> 00:54:58,837 We can fill her bath all the way. 581 00:55:32,187 --> 00:55:33,342 Dear diary, 582 00:55:34,144 --> 00:55:38,413 we have reached an oasis, that is something from a Bedouin fable. 583 00:55:38,977 --> 00:55:43,286 The solitude of the desert gives me consolation in my own solitude. 584 00:55:45,471 --> 00:55:49,868 Fattuh asked me why I always request two glasses of tea. 585 00:55:51,215 --> 00:55:52,277 Should I tell him 586 00:55:52,278 --> 00:55:55,514 this is for the man, who lives in my heart? 587 00:56:52,668 --> 00:56:56,631 Day in, day out. We keep moving ahead, 588 00:56:57,133 --> 00:57:00,148 and setting up camp is the same familiar routine. 589 00:57:00,913 --> 00:57:03,978 But the deeper we immerse ourselves into the desert, 590 00:57:04,629 --> 00:57:07,255 the more everything seems like a dream. 591 00:57:09,341 --> 00:57:13,074 Some days we move across terrain that is almost impassable. 592 00:57:14,114 --> 00:57:18,309 Over hard crusts of salt, like shards of broken porcelain. 593 00:57:21,625 --> 00:57:26,926 Often I don't follow any map, but merely go, where my curiosity leads me. 594 00:57:29,430 --> 00:57:33,837 East of the Dead Sea, I explored the hidden gorge of Wadi Mujib. 595 00:57:34,585 --> 00:57:38,172 I never expected to find water so fresh in the desert. 596 00:57:43,786 --> 00:57:47,008 The deeper I penetrate this mysterious labyrinth, 597 00:57:47,955 --> 00:57:50,243 the more I become known to myself. 598 00:58:15,700 --> 00:58:19,451 Near the end of the gorge, Fattuh found something curious. 599 00:58:20,444 --> 00:58:23,200 It turned out to be a Neolithic spearhead, 600 00:58:23,402 --> 00:58:25,695 at least 10,000 years old. 601 00:58:29,294 --> 00:58:31,878 I speculated that in prehistoric times, 602 00:58:31,900 --> 00:58:33,279 there must have been war here, 603 00:58:34,014 --> 00:58:36,767 and that this must have been a very defensible place. 604 00:58:37,867 --> 00:58:40,259 But Fattuh said: "This cannot be." 605 00:58:40,541 --> 00:58:43,212 At such an early time, the world was paradise. 606 00:58:43,785 --> 00:58:48,207 and paradise is meant to come upon us again if we live a righteous life, 607 00:58:48,802 --> 00:58:50,932 as foretold by the Prophet. 608 00:58:52,118 --> 00:58:56,197 Paradise has no time, no age, no dwelling place. 609 00:58:56,882 --> 00:58:58,311 It awaits us. 610 00:59:02,644 --> 00:59:05,831 This made me eager to go deeper into archaeology. 611 00:59:07,514 --> 00:59:11,547 Not far from the gorge is the British excavation site of Petra. 612 00:59:14,064 --> 00:59:17,947 It was a hard day's travel, because of the arrival of early rain. 613 00:59:19,422 --> 00:59:21,278 Greetings. 614 00:59:21,780 --> 00:59:23,300 Welcome, Miss Bell! 615 00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:25,000 Welcome to our home! 616 00:59:25,147 --> 00:59:29,200 I'm Campbell Thompson. This is my colleague, T.E. Lawrence. 617 00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:33,700 And what does, "T.E." stand for? 618 00:59:34,405 --> 00:59:36,851 T.E. stands for Thomas Edward. 619 00:59:37,072 --> 00:59:39,900 I despise both names, they're an abomination. 620 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:43,453 - Please just call me Lawrence. - Will do, Lawrence. 621 00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:45,161 We knew you were coming. 622 00:59:45,263 --> 00:59:47,900 Really? We didn't send messengers. 623 00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:49,950 A myriad of stars see you at night, 624 00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:53,168 and during the day, the rustling sand announced your footsteps. 625 00:59:53,496 --> 00:59:56,200 Sorry umm.. he's always like this. 626 00:59:58,563 --> 01:00:01,200 And what's a school boy like you doing out here, Lawrence? 627 01:00:01,302 --> 01:00:04,500 Ahh.. this particular school boy has a PhD in archaeology. 628 01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:05,764 Thompson eh... 629 01:00:06,168 --> 01:00:08,800 I have a PhD in medieval pottery shards. 630 01:00:08,900 --> 01:00:12,300 It follows me around like the wafting of an old spinster's fart. 631 01:00:12,786 --> 01:00:14,711 How I long to be rid of it! 632 01:00:16,032 --> 01:00:16,918 Shall we? 633 01:00:31,844 --> 01:00:33,325 This place is a dump. 634 01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:36,300 Everything has been moved by grave robbers, 635 01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:37,882 over and over again. 636 01:00:38,497 --> 01:00:40,148 We're simply stuck here. 637 01:00:40,150 --> 01:00:43,300 Lawrence is dreaming of great treasures, hoards of gold. 638 01:00:44,607 --> 01:00:45,770 At least... 639 01:00:46,072 --> 01:00:49,236 Lord Almighty, give us a library of Babylonian clay tablets 640 01:00:49,336 --> 01:00:51,946 the likes the Germans have excavated in Mesopotamia. 641 01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,500 Our excavation methods are no match for theirs. 642 01:00:56,355 --> 01:00:58,014 This is true, Gertrude, darling. 643 01:01:00,425 --> 01:01:01,676 "Darling". 644 01:01:03,946 --> 01:01:06,530 You know, I made a big mistake, wearing this belt here. 645 01:01:07,422 --> 01:01:09,912 This kind of belt is only worn by bachelors. 646 01:01:10,282 --> 01:01:11,392 And..? 647 01:01:11,394 --> 01:01:14,931 And, the local excavation workers 648 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:17,135 have been trying to find me a wife. 649 01:01:17,237 --> 01:01:20,100 Imagine, a wife for me how horrible! 650 01:01:21,235 --> 01:01:22,776 But, they heard of your arrival 651 01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,500 and, an instant rumour spread that you are my bride, 652 01:01:25,550 --> 01:01:26,911 sent from England. 653 01:01:30,418 --> 01:01:32,857 I'm not sure the right man for you has been born yet. 654 01:01:37,683 --> 01:01:40,200 To me the Ottoman Empire can't last much longer, 655 01:01:40,300 --> 01:01:43,700 I mean it looks like the Roman Empire shortly before its collapse. 656 01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:45,586 What do you think's gonna happen? 657 01:01:47,289 --> 01:01:48,400 Chaos. 658 01:01:49,500 --> 01:01:51,500 Chaos and war. 659 01:01:52,686 --> 01:01:54,461 Don't you think the British Empire will take over 660 01:01:54,561 --> 01:01:57,304 - and fill the void of power? - No, I beg to differ. 661 01:01:58,185 --> 01:02:02,589 I believe that what with the Arabs whose spirit of nationhood will emerge. 662 01:02:03,132 --> 01:02:04,904 They are the future. 663 01:02:05,415 --> 01:02:07,114 Eh, perhaps, but... 664 01:02:07,172 --> 01:02:11,665 Any meaningful change may take centuries to launch. 665 01:02:11,750 --> 01:02:14,381 - It will happen in our lifetime... - Enough, enough politics. 666 01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:15,206 Decades. 667 01:02:15,508 --> 01:02:17,965 We are archaeologists. 668 01:02:17,967 --> 01:02:20,141 So far, I'm only a traveller. 669 01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:22,701 Well then, to the travellers. 670 01:02:22,803 --> 01:02:27,100 And to those who dig up mysteries from under the surface. 671 01:02:28,699 --> 01:02:30,719 I'm sorry, we have no glasses. 672 01:02:38,247 --> 01:02:39,640 You know what, Gertrude? 673 01:02:40,782 --> 01:02:42,976 Regardless of what anyone says, 674 01:02:42,978 --> 01:02:45,918 under the benign, soft glove of campfire, 675 01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:48,700 with good scotch in your fist, 676 01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:50,812 make a terrific bride. 677 01:03:20,802 --> 01:03:21,700 Gertie! 678 01:03:22,835 --> 01:03:24,703 You had breakfast yet? 679 01:03:25,234 --> 01:03:27,393 Got a hangover. 680 01:03:29,410 --> 01:03:33,075 Ohh I've got a, Roman Empire size headache. 681 01:03:33,598 --> 01:03:36,071 What a shame that we do not have Rome set on fire, 682 01:03:36,073 --> 01:03:39,868 Nero singing to us live, bemoaning the conflagration 683 01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:42,250 he himself started just to get into the right mood. 684 01:03:42,300 --> 01:03:45,402 - Those were the good old days. - Lawrence, keep it down. 685 01:03:46,943 --> 01:03:47,570 Gertie. 686 01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:50,039 You can't leave. 687 01:03:50,430 --> 01:03:53,475 The local women might try to wife me off again. 688 01:03:55,420 --> 01:03:58,100 Do you want me to kiss you in front of everyone? 689 01:03:58,300 --> 01:03:59,559 Absolutely. 690 01:04:01,140 --> 01:04:02,400 My kiss, 691 01:04:03,045 --> 01:04:04,500 my kiss shall liberate you. 692 01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:06,300 Ow, wonderful! 693 01:04:10,963 --> 01:04:12,179 Gertie, 694 01:04:13,259 --> 01:04:15,400 would you please, not marry me? 695 01:04:15,950 --> 01:04:17,575 Absolutely. 696 01:04:30,619 --> 01:04:31,900 Please, do come in. 697 01:04:32,941 --> 01:04:34,766 Miss Bell, the consul. 698 01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:38,737 Miss Bell, welcome! 699 01:04:39,740 --> 01:04:40,802 Welcome back! 700 01:04:41,968 --> 01:04:44,637 Before we talk business, allow me to congratulate you 701 01:04:44,737 --> 01:04:47,243 on your feat of alluding the Turkish authorities. 702 01:04:47,570 --> 01:04:50,383 Well, I had a permit, if you know what I mean. 703 01:04:50,690 --> 01:04:52,401 Ohh.. how did you forge it? 704 01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:57,006 Wasn't me, it was a, scribe from the Great Mosque, 705 01:04:57,106 --> 01:04:58,457 one of the finest. 706 01:04:59,300 --> 01:05:01,633 Yes, it was my servant who contacted him. 707 01:05:01,673 --> 01:05:03,990 Well I'm sure if you ever needed a document, we could arrange... 708 01:05:04,090 --> 01:05:06,251 Ahh.. the British Empire has no need for such petty tricks. 709 01:05:06,250 --> 01:05:07,304 No. 710 01:05:07,310 --> 01:05:09,660 Except for printing millions of counterfeit Deutschmarks 711 01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:12,473 and Turkish piastres in order to undermine their economies. 712 01:05:12,554 --> 01:05:14,484 Please, take a seat. 713 01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:18,802 Well... 714 01:05:23,210 --> 01:05:26,692 I'm here to inform you of my plans to travel to the Jabal Druze. 715 01:05:26,968 --> 01:05:28,300 You can't be serious. 716 01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:30,300 Yes, I most certainly am. 717 01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:32,615 No one has travelled to the Druze in decades. 718 01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:35,174 So it's about time. 719 01:05:36,390 --> 01:05:38,900 No British soldier will accompany you, Miss Bell. 720 01:05:39,140 --> 01:05:41,385 It would mean a provocation for the Druze people. 721 01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:43,992 - I myself as a soldier... - Major... 722 01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:46,184 Major of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 723 01:05:48,810 --> 01:05:51,700 Miss Bell, we seem to know quite a lot about each other already. 724 01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:53,000 Major... 725 01:05:53,673 --> 01:05:57,750 I'm here to ask you for what you're already so graciously, volunteering. 726 01:05:58,260 --> 01:06:00,522 Even if you do not hear from me for several months 727 01:06:00,622 --> 01:06:02,351 pay no attention and send no one. 728 01:06:05,510 --> 01:06:07,200 The Druze will take you for a spy. 729 01:06:07,300 --> 01:06:08,700 Yes, well maybe I am. 730 01:06:08,800 --> 01:06:12,104 Maybe I am a spy, but I am a spy for no one. 731 01:06:12,105 --> 01:06:14,291 No one but myself. 732 01:06:23,075 --> 01:06:24,519 I am the consul's wife. 733 01:06:24,554 --> 01:06:26,670 - Yes. - Don't be so formal, dear. 734 01:06:27,535 --> 01:06:30,095 Miss Bell, this is Judith. Welcome. 735 01:06:30,204 --> 01:06:32,353 I ah.. brought you a present. 736 01:06:32,388 --> 01:06:34,218 One for each of you. 737 01:06:35,253 --> 01:06:36,905 Oh this is very kind. 738 01:06:36,940 --> 01:06:38,701 Oh it's just something I found in a souk. 739 01:06:38,736 --> 01:06:41,820 - What do I do with it? - That's just beautiful. 740 01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:46,035 They show the rank of a sheik my love, so don't use them in the kitchen for your onions. 741 01:06:47,464 --> 01:06:48,562 Come. 742 01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:56,229 But the Druze are fiercely independent. 743 01:06:56,390 --> 01:06:58,381 And more than anything, anti-Turkish. 744 01:06:58,994 --> 01:07:01,852 In fact, they're the only people ever to have defeated the Turks. 745 01:07:01,887 --> 01:07:04,339 And this is what makes them so interesting. 746 01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:08,203 Besides, their faith incorporates Christian, Gnostic, Neoplatonic tenets 747 01:07:08,303 --> 01:07:10,183 which overlay their Islamic beliefs. 748 01:07:10,190 --> 01:07:12,400 Please, let's not talk about Plato. 749 01:07:13,724 --> 01:07:15,191 Would you like some more of the couscous? 750 01:07:15,192 --> 01:07:17,500 We're not talking about Plato, my love. 751 01:07:17,900 --> 01:07:20,953 We are talking about a very grave danger Miss Bell will face. 752 01:07:21,412 --> 01:07:23,000 Will all be worthwhile. 753 01:07:24,370 --> 01:07:25,968 Be careful. 754 01:07:26,050 --> 01:07:28,481 The Druze do not play the game as it should be played. 755 01:07:28,660 --> 01:07:32,520 They go out to slay, and they spare no one. 756 01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:35,260 While they have enough dry powder in their flasks, 757 01:07:35,261 --> 01:07:36,797 and strength to pull the trigger, 758 01:07:37,250 --> 01:07:39,771 they kill every man, woman and child they encounter. 759 01:07:39,806 --> 01:07:41,259 How awful! 760 01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:55,500 I want you to have them. 761 01:07:57,540 --> 01:07:58,680 No... 762 01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:00,500 No, it's too much. 763 01:08:02,150 --> 01:08:03,175 Dear... 764 01:08:03,284 --> 01:08:07,291 Have you not said on several occasions that you would never give these pistols away? 765 01:08:09,192 --> 01:08:10,228 Well... 766 01:08:11,955 --> 01:08:14,223 And now they are, given away. 767 01:08:15,584 --> 01:08:17,763 Miss Bell, for you. 768 01:08:19,850 --> 01:08:21,400 For me? 769 01:08:51,891 --> 01:08:55,859 We are travelling across the vast expanse of Bedouin lands, 770 01:08:55,860 --> 01:08:58,501 and my eyes are opening to the complexity 771 01:08:58,802 --> 01:09:00,900 of tribal relations here. 772 01:09:02,050 --> 01:09:05,676 Fattuh has been my gracious teacher in all of this. 773 01:09:05,711 --> 01:09:10,800 He says that the most volatile conflict is between the Druze, and the Beni Sakhr. 774 01:09:16,550 --> 01:09:19,271 My worry is, is Omar, Miss Bell. 775 01:09:21,628 --> 01:09:24,429 Yes, I only found out this morning that he was Beni Sakhr. 776 01:09:27,184 --> 01:09:28,459 Should we leave him behind? 777 01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:31,744 Well there's no mercy between Druze and Beni Sakhr. 778 01:09:31,844 --> 01:09:35,690 If two of them meet, only one survives. 779 01:09:51,789 --> 01:09:52,830 Lady Bell! 780 01:09:54,360 --> 01:09:55,660 Yes. 781 01:09:56,219 --> 01:09:59,275 I realize that the Druze would recognize Omar as a Beni Sakhr 782 01:09:59,276 --> 01:10:00,476 by his accent. 783 01:10:01,023 --> 01:10:02,908 Ahhhh.. I did not think about that. 784 01:10:04,209 --> 01:10:05,061 What do we do? 785 01:10:05,740 --> 01:10:07,205 Ask Omar. 786 01:10:09,299 --> 01:10:12,291 Omar, should I send you back before it's too late? 787 01:10:18,429 --> 01:10:20,800 Omar suddenly became a deaf-mute. 788 01:10:22,076 --> 01:10:23,097 When? 789 01:10:23,190 --> 01:10:24,756 An hour ago. 790 01:11:03,524 --> 01:11:05,875 You are my prisoners, you will die! 791 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:07,935 - All of you! - If I die, 792 01:11:09,299 --> 01:11:10,950 it shall be at the hands of your sheikh. 793 01:11:11,985 --> 01:11:14,010 Where is your sheikh? Take me to him. 794 01:11:14,045 --> 01:11:16,423 - Miss Bell, you're wounded! - Nothing. 795 01:11:17,170 --> 01:11:20,270 Nothing. Take me to your sheikh now! 796 01:11:22,200 --> 01:11:23,245 Now! 797 01:11:36,900 --> 01:11:39,892 A woman passes through the entrance at the women's side. 798 01:11:39,927 --> 01:11:42,243 This woman is joining the men. 799 01:11:49,450 --> 01:11:50,550 Sit down. 800 01:11:51,590 --> 01:11:53,262 Sit down, woman. 801 01:11:54,676 --> 01:11:56,096 Please. 802 01:11:57,130 --> 01:11:59,135 Who are you to dare come here? 803 01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:03,070 I am Gertrude Bell. 804 01:12:03,700 --> 01:12:06,121 And I am a subject of the British Empire. 805 01:12:07,730 --> 01:12:10,105 Thank the Almighty that you're not German. 806 01:12:10,140 --> 01:12:11,600 Have a seat, please. 807 01:12:13,350 --> 01:12:16,044 I thank him every day that I am not. 808 01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:30,200 - Are you a spy? - No. 809 01:12:30,430 --> 01:12:31,826 I am a writer. 810 01:12:32,510 --> 01:12:36,322 I write about the beauty of the land and its people. 811 01:12:37,160 --> 01:12:38,722 So you're a poet. 812 01:12:39,755 --> 01:12:43,600 In a way, but in fact, I.. I do not describe... 813 01:12:43,700 --> 01:12:44,600 what I see... 814 01:12:44,700 --> 01:12:48,562 I.. I.. I just name its beauty. 815 01:12:49,190 --> 01:12:51,100 More in the vein of the... 816 01:12:51,270 --> 01:12:53,315 ..Roman poet Virgil. 817 01:12:53,350 --> 01:12:54,720 Who is an Aeneid. 818 01:12:57,570 --> 01:12:58,510 Yes. 819 01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:05,551 I'm so sorry, but how does the sheikh of the Druze know about Virgil? 820 01:13:06,978 --> 01:13:09,919 I have travelled... incognito. 821 01:13:10,860 --> 01:13:12,438 I've been to Damascus. 822 01:13:12,473 --> 01:13:13,801 To Beirut. 823 01:13:13,850 --> 01:13:15,290 To Paris. 824 01:13:16,539 --> 01:13:18,961 Les Champs-Elys�es, ... avenue du monde. 825 01:13:19,196 --> 01:13:20,611 Baudelaire... 826 01:13:21,070 --> 01:13:23,630 Et ses "Fleurs du mal". Rimbaud. 827 01:13:25,840 --> 01:13:28,224 You're right, this poet never describes anything. 828 01:13:28,510 --> 01:13:31,326 He just names the glory of the trees, 829 01:13:31,530 --> 01:13:32,885 the beehives... 830 01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:35,908 and the life in the country. 831 01:13:36,050 --> 01:13:37,957 He's like our poets. 832 01:13:41,080 --> 01:13:42,982 This is true. 833 01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:49,374 May I ask in one of my trusted men? 834 01:13:49,375 --> 01:13:50,824 Please do. 835 01:13:51,640 --> 01:13:53,646 Fattuh, 836 01:13:54,250 --> 01:13:57,058 would you fetch me my wooden case? 837 01:13:59,210 --> 01:14:00,357 Miss Bell, 838 01:14:01,110 --> 01:14:03,700 I hope my men didn't hurt you. 839 01:14:04,203 --> 01:14:11,064 They did, but it is a small wound. It is what we call um.. merely a graze. 840 01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:13,900 Forgive them. 841 01:14:14,240 --> 01:14:16,398 They know no better. 842 01:14:16,699 --> 01:14:18,060 I'm sorry. 843 01:14:21,470 --> 01:14:23,652 I want like to give you a gift. 844 01:14:24,260 --> 01:14:29,040 It is something very precious to me and it was given to me. And now, 845 01:14:29,470 --> 01:14:31,366 now it is yours. 846 01:14:39,130 --> 01:14:40,583 Exquisite! 847 01:14:42,116 --> 01:14:44,383 Stay as my guest. 848 01:14:45,820 --> 01:14:48,940 You are under the protection of our hospitality. 849 01:15:44,270 --> 01:15:45,527 Good to have you back. 850 01:15:46,470 --> 01:15:49,110 A noble bare wound... but alive. 851 01:15:49,211 --> 01:15:51,552 Please, it's nothing. Nothing. 852 01:15:51,990 --> 01:15:54,300 But I have to admit something, I.. 853 01:15:54,450 --> 01:15:57,948 - I gave away your pistols - They were not mine, they were yours. 854 01:15:57,983 --> 01:16:00,050 No, but you gave them to me. 855 01:15:59,300 --> 01:16:00,500 They were ornamental anyway. 856 01:16:00,910 --> 01:16:04,630 And finally, finally it became useful. Assumed a purpose. 857 01:16:05,362 --> 01:16:06,750 - I'm sorry. - Miss Bell, 858 01:16:06,785 --> 01:16:09,941 will you please be quiet? Finally, something happened. 859 01:16:10,342 --> 01:16:11,103 Bullets. 860 01:16:15,860 --> 01:16:19,161 Now I have a new plan, I want to go to Hyell. 861 01:16:19,196 --> 01:16:22,600 But it is the middle of the Arabian desert. It is the forbidden zone. 862 01:16:22,700 --> 01:16:26,900 Yes and we have only a few reports from.. from some travellers in the 1850s. 863 01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:29,849 Why for God's sake Hyell? 864 01:16:29,850 --> 01:16:33,253 Because it is the secret epicentre of the Arab world 865 01:16:33,288 --> 01:16:35,489 and I want to meet the Emir Ibn Rashid. 866 01:16:35,600 --> 01:16:39,151 He is important. He is the leader of Arabia. 867 01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:42,120 - Who would be with you? - Fattuh. 868 01:16:42,150 --> 01:16:43,668 And my men. 869 01:16:45,330 --> 01:16:46,773 What? I trust them. 870 01:17:03,830 --> 01:17:05,334 You've arrived too early. 871 01:17:06,070 --> 01:17:08,642 - Want me to come back later? - No. 872 01:17:08,677 --> 01:17:09,817 No, no, no. 873 01:17:09,852 --> 01:17:11,272 What's going on? 874 01:17:12,410 --> 01:17:15,288 - This stallion is for you. - For me? 875 01:17:15,289 --> 01:17:17,324 Well you'll need the best horse in Arabia. 876 01:17:18,190 --> 01:17:21,886 Hoh! But you're painting it! Never seen anything like it. 877 01:17:21,887 --> 01:17:22,922 Well... 878 01:17:25,248 --> 01:17:27,679 - Well, what? - I have to make a confession. 879 01:17:30,091 --> 01:17:31,836 I stole him for you! 880 01:17:32,970 --> 01:17:35,147 You stole this horse for me? 881 01:17:35,650 --> 01:17:37,063 See what he can do. 882 01:17:49,220 --> 01:17:50,500 Bravo! 883 01:17:51,262 --> 01:17:53,710 Bravo, Salhadin. Bravo, Salhadin. 884 01:17:53,820 --> 01:17:55,250 Bravo. 885 01:17:56,280 --> 01:18:00,040 I didn't exactly steal him, you understand, it was more an act of expropriation. 886 01:18:00,270 --> 01:18:03,322 - Where? From whom? - From the Turkish authorities. 887 01:18:03,357 --> 01:18:04,943 From the enemy, so to speak. 888 01:18:04,944 --> 01:18:05,944 How? 889 01:18:06,469 --> 01:18:08,618 Well, there were two things I did. 890 01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:11,417 I paid off an editor of a local newspaper 891 01:18:11,570 --> 01:18:14,930 to write about a disease spreading amongst the horses. 892 01:18:15,480 --> 01:18:19,673 Then, I took on false credentials as a vet, 893 01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:23,285 I went straight to the Turkish garrison, I inspected the horses, 894 01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:27,313 this stallion here of course had to be removed immediately, 895 01:18:27,810 --> 01:18:29,850 and I put him straight into quarantine. 896 01:18:31,160 --> 01:18:33,797 So, His Excellency, the British consul 897 01:18:33,798 --> 01:18:37,593 - Richard Doughty-Wylie... - I've stolen a horse for you. 898 01:18:53,700 --> 01:18:55,199 Ah, Miss Bell. 899 01:18:55,200 --> 01:18:59,400 - I have summoned you and I felt... - No one summons me. 900 01:19:00,537 --> 01:19:03,938 I have, ah.. invited you. 901 01:19:03,973 --> 01:19:05,284 That sounds vaguely better. 902 01:19:05,319 --> 01:19:08,900 Yes. Well let's get straight at it then, shall we? 903 01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:14,206 You ventured out, and I felt not inclined to support this. 904 01:19:14,300 --> 01:19:15,726 To put it mildly. 905 01:19:15,761 --> 01:19:19,710 With the size and momentum of the Great War that is gaining, 906 01:19:20,090 --> 01:19:22,609 it would be of considerable value for our country 907 01:19:22,709 --> 01:19:26,620 if you could make your curiosity more... systematic. 908 01:19:27,470 --> 01:19:28,773 Meaning what? 909 01:19:29,010 --> 01:19:30,704 You would be our only spy 910 01:19:30,800 --> 01:19:34,212 in a vast area we have little intelligence about. 911 01:19:35,024 --> 01:19:38,000 In short... no. 912 01:19:38,560 --> 01:19:41,700 - A blunt no. - Correct. A blunt no. 913 01:19:42,524 --> 01:19:44,108 I operate for no one. 914 01:19:45,750 --> 01:19:50,096 What is it then that attracts you to the Bedouin out there? 915 01:19:50,097 --> 01:19:53,358 It is something that you and your world would never understand. 916 01:19:55,059 --> 01:19:56,500 It's their freedom. 917 01:19:57,410 --> 01:19:59,200 It's their dignity. 918 01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:02,870 It's their poetry of life. 919 01:20:08,110 --> 01:20:09,459 Have a good day. 920 01:21:09,909 --> 01:21:11,098 Mr. Wylie! 921 01:21:12,210 --> 01:21:14,675 Richard. Please say Richard. 922 01:21:16,974 --> 01:21:18,574 Richard... 923 01:21:22,038 --> 01:21:24,229 I'm not ready, uh.. 924 01:21:26,140 --> 01:21:27,946 I would never be with... 925 01:21:27,981 --> 01:21:29,318 Would never what? 926 01:21:32,780 --> 01:21:35,256 I would never be with a man again. 927 01:21:37,130 --> 01:21:38,563 Because I, uh... 928 01:21:39,336 --> 01:21:40,924 I lost a man. 929 01:21:42,782 --> 01:21:44,574 - Lost? - Yes. 930 01:21:46,928 --> 01:21:48,395 I'm a widow. 931 01:21:53,473 --> 01:21:54,473 A widow? 932 01:21:55,190 --> 01:21:57,680 Yes! No, no, I, uh... 933 01:22:00,481 --> 01:22:01,896 Sort of. 934 01:22:08,900 --> 01:22:13,189 - O what a clumsy fool I've been. - No, it's, uh... 935 01:22:15,700 --> 01:22:17,447 Will you forgive me? 936 01:22:18,703 --> 01:22:20,017 Of course. 937 01:22:29,094 --> 01:22:30,328 Well... 938 01:22:45,236 --> 01:22:49,800 I see a bright future. Greatness. 939 01:22:50,389 --> 01:22:53,302 With abundant wealth. 940 01:22:54,943 --> 01:22:57,772 A great destiny will take shape. 941 01:22:58,538 --> 01:23:01,700 No. I will forge my own destiny. 942 01:23:03,490 --> 01:23:05,200 What else do we need? 943 01:23:05,454 --> 01:23:10,048 Ah, quinine, iodine, and antidote against scorpions. 944 01:23:10,770 --> 01:23:14,840 No, scorpions, no. We will be watchful. 945 01:23:14,970 --> 01:23:18,217 No Bedouin has ever been stung, am I right? 946 01:23:18,490 --> 01:23:21,097 Yes, yes m'am. As you wish. 947 01:23:21,480 --> 01:23:23,365 This market has everything we need. 948 01:23:23,366 --> 01:23:27,276 Mosquito net, a folding bed, a canvas bathtub. 949 01:23:27,311 --> 01:23:28,411 We need this. 950 01:23:28,774 --> 01:23:30,671 Well, the lady has a good eye. 951 01:23:30,706 --> 01:23:32,794 Assure you they are the best. 952 01:23:33,131 --> 01:23:37,418 Hey boss, we might need four saddles. How much apiece? 953 01:23:37,565 --> 01:23:39,216 The Noble Lady doesn't pay. 954 01:23:39,602 --> 01:23:41,000 Welcome. 955 01:23:41,879 --> 01:23:43,053 Why? 956 01:23:43,277 --> 01:23:47,300 The Lady is a guest of our Sheik. Guests don't pay. Welcome. 957 01:23:47,700 --> 01:23:50,263 - Four of these. - I'll have them ready. 958 01:23:52,065 --> 01:23:53,734 Thank you very much. 959 01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:04,700 - I have confession to make. - A confession? 960 01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:05,900 Yes. 961 01:24:07,776 --> 01:24:09,266 As wonderful as the horse was, 962 01:24:09,267 --> 01:24:12,400 it would never have made it in the dunes of the Necru desert. 963 01:24:12,500 --> 01:24:14,021 Yes, and what did you do? 964 01:24:14,763 --> 01:24:18,400 I traded it. Well, Fattuh traded it in the market place. 965 01:24:18,500 --> 01:24:22,701 For four of the very best dromedaries. There they are. 966 01:24:24,502 --> 01:24:25,900 I'm sorry. 967 01:24:26,490 --> 01:24:29,700 Gertrude, don't leave. Not now. 968 01:24:30,621 --> 01:24:32,517 Richard, I have no choice. 969 01:24:35,800 --> 01:24:37,748 My heart is not ready. 970 01:24:39,789 --> 01:24:41,300 I can feel that. 971 01:24:43,400 --> 01:24:46,800 - Stay for just a few more weeks. - No, it's late December. 972 01:24:46,980 --> 01:24:49,700 Very soon, the desert won't be passible. 973 01:24:53,337 --> 01:24:56,589 - I'm am longing for you. - Please do not say that. 974 01:24:56,624 --> 01:24:58,955 Do not say these things. 975 01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:08,000 - Well it will be very lonely without you. - You have a wife. 976 01:25:08,460 --> 01:25:12,066 It is the most unbearable loneliness to be married unhappily. 977 01:25:12,101 --> 01:25:15,701 This comes at me from nowhere. Nowhere, Richard. 978 01:25:16,690 --> 01:25:20,302 Besides, I could never fully be yours. You are a married man. 979 01:25:23,069 --> 01:25:24,522 I will settle everything. 980 01:25:28,579 --> 01:25:30,000 Will you write to me? 981 01:25:33,787 --> 01:25:38,038 Yes I'll write you from every, every post office in the desert. 982 01:25:43,220 --> 01:25:45,122 I will keep a diary for you. 983 01:25:52,229 --> 01:25:54,010 The wind is shouting... 984 01:25:55,139 --> 01:25:56,419 Shouting what? 985 01:25:56,420 --> 01:26:01,700 The wind is shouting of sand... and shouting storm. 986 01:28:47,150 --> 01:28:49,100 Can the lady show me how to do it? 987 01:28:49,550 --> 01:28:51,200 To cook an egg? 988 01:28:51,510 --> 01:28:55,000 The desert knows no eggs. The desert knows no hens. 989 01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:57,800 Uhhh.. you boil it for 5 minutes. 990 01:28:57,900 --> 01:29:00,600 The desert knows no.. minutes. 991 01:29:01,630 --> 01:29:03,300 The length of a prayer. 992 01:29:03,400 --> 01:29:05,300 Ohh.. ever present. 993 01:29:17,500 --> 01:29:18,700 Richard... 994 01:29:19,410 --> 01:29:22,000 I am trying to keep you out of my thoughts, 995 01:29:22,050 --> 01:29:24,129 but it is strange. 996 01:29:24,164 --> 01:29:27,800 You are on my mind in every step of the desert. 997 01:29:28,370 --> 01:29:30,600 My cook does not have a notion of time. 998 01:29:30,650 --> 01:29:33,160 He has never boiled an egg. 999 01:29:33,980 --> 01:29:38,410 Already I have dropped back into the desert as if it were my own place. 1000 01:29:40,104 --> 01:29:44,553 Silence and solitude fall around me like an impenetrable veil. 1001 01:29:45,120 --> 01:29:48,750 Sleep more profound than civilization contrives, 1002 01:29:48,780 --> 01:29:52,400 and then, the roadless desert, 1003 01:29:52,505 --> 01:29:54,007 again. 1004 01:30:01,928 --> 01:30:04,955 Before the tribal wars, this place was alive. 1005 01:30:05,670 --> 01:30:08,303 Now they're only ghosts here. 1006 01:30:21,310 --> 01:30:22,700 What is this? 1007 01:30:24,840 --> 01:30:26,556 How is this possible? 1008 01:30:28,400 --> 01:30:30,300 Is it from the consul? 1009 01:30:31,620 --> 01:30:35,181 The consul's messenger must have been riding day and night. 1010 01:30:37,937 --> 01:30:39,985 We shall stay here tonight. 1011 01:30:45,392 --> 01:30:46,760 My beloved, 1012 01:30:47,480 --> 01:30:51,972 the desert has you and my heart is with you. 1013 01:30:53,011 --> 01:30:56,200 If I was free and a very perfect night, 1014 01:30:56,301 --> 01:31:00,644 it would be more fitting to take you and kiss you. 1015 01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:05,000 God seems to have joined us for some divine moment. 1016 01:31:07,005 --> 01:31:08,600 Ah, the ecstasy! 1017 01:31:10,632 --> 01:31:11,955 We might reach it again, 1018 01:31:11,990 --> 01:31:14,800 on an outpost of time. 1019 01:31:21,701 --> 01:31:26,369 Ahhh.. I can't sleep.. I can't sleep. 1020 01:31:27,070 --> 01:31:28,582 It is one in the morning. 1021 01:31:29,560 --> 01:31:34,652 You and you and you are between me and any rest. 1022 01:31:35,640 --> 01:31:38,000 You once called me life. 1023 01:31:38,200 --> 01:31:43,200 And fire. I flame, and I'm consumed. 1024 01:31:43,554 --> 01:31:46,432 There is a voice in me I try to chase away. It says... 1025 01:31:46,433 --> 01:31:50,800 "Before all other world, claim me and take me." 1026 01:31:53,076 --> 01:31:54,530 And yet... 1027 01:32:06,200 --> 01:32:08,200 Deliver this please. 1028 01:32:16,900 --> 01:32:18,700 It's not enough. 1029 01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:23,300 This is a desert, not a post office. 1030 01:32:23,503 --> 01:32:26,500 I only have this donkey for transportation. 1031 01:32:37,700 --> 01:32:39,000 Is this enough? 1032 01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:48,200 Thank you. 1033 01:32:57,550 --> 01:32:58,434 Richard... 1034 01:32:58,469 --> 01:33:03,185 I doubt there is anyone in the world so happy as I am now. 1035 01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:06,300 You were baptised of the desert, 1036 01:33:06,400 --> 01:33:09,100 and there is no another salvation for you. 1037 01:33:11,670 --> 01:33:13,927 When we are on the move, I feel, 1038 01:33:13,962 --> 01:33:16,845 everything is behind us. 1039 01:33:17,590 --> 01:33:20,122 Only our shadows follow, 1040 01:33:20,157 --> 01:33:22,068 as if to remind us 1041 01:33:23,013 --> 01:33:24,782 of our past lives. 1042 01:34:29,200 --> 01:34:30,300 My lady. 1043 01:34:31,100 --> 01:34:34,200 Our sheik wishes to invite you to have tea with him in his tent. 1044 01:34:34,783 --> 01:34:37,300 Does the lady accept the invitation? 1045 01:34:39,137 --> 01:34:40,800 Yes, the honor is mine. 1046 01:34:42,300 --> 01:34:43,724 The honor is mine. 1047 01:35:09,016 --> 01:35:12,800 Sheik Harb, invites the Lady of the Desert to his tent. 1048 01:35:14,200 --> 01:35:17,013 Of course, thank you. 1049 01:35:29,900 --> 01:35:35,000 According to our tradition, I am honored to invite you for a dinner feast. 1050 01:35:35,440 --> 01:35:38,900 It is an honor to accept your hospitality. 1051 01:35:39,055 --> 01:35:42,000 Anyone who makes it to my tent is a guest. 1052 01:35:42,100 --> 01:35:44,700 Your Arabic pronunciation is excellent. 1053 01:36:11,928 --> 01:36:16,202 The lady is bold, as bold as any Bedouin man. 1054 01:36:16,980 --> 01:36:20,511 - Is your destination Hyell? - It is. 1055 01:36:21,367 --> 01:36:23,569 I want to meet Ibin Rashid. 1056 01:36:26,110 --> 01:36:28,500 We have to talk a lot about Ibin Rashid. 1057 01:36:28,550 --> 01:36:30,200 He has powerful enemies. 1058 01:36:30,600 --> 01:36:32,100 Ibn Saud? 1059 01:36:32,910 --> 01:36:34,778 Yes, and many others. 1060 01:36:34,813 --> 01:36:37,700 - You will not find him in Hyell. - Where is he? 1061 01:36:37,830 --> 01:36:40,000 He's at war in the South. 1062 01:36:41,310 --> 01:36:43,500 I thought he was at peace with Yunnan Ze. 1063 01:36:43,600 --> 01:36:49,100 Not any longer. Beware of Hyell. There is a lot of murdering going on. 1064 01:36:52,900 --> 01:36:54,608 - For me? - Yeap. 1065 01:37:21,340 --> 01:37:26,100 Sheik Harb, you've shown me such gracious hospitality. 1066 01:37:26,200 --> 01:37:30,300 And you have entertained me with wonderful, desert stories. 1067 01:37:30,400 --> 01:37:33,000 Every Bedouin is a storyteller. 1068 01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:39,476 But you have also given me insight into the tribes, and insight into the affairs of Hyell. 1069 01:37:40,256 --> 01:37:43,600 And for that, I want to thank you. 1070 01:37:44,348 --> 01:37:47,300 I would like to give you.. these. 1071 01:37:47,600 --> 01:37:49,300 These are my binoculars. 1072 01:37:50,323 --> 01:37:53,100 I can see clearly now, so I do not need them. 1073 01:37:53,610 --> 01:37:54,900 These are a gift. 1074 01:37:56,177 --> 01:38:00,518 I have become a, a desert traveller who is very rich. 1075 01:38:01,920 --> 01:38:03,109 Thank you. 1076 01:38:03,144 --> 01:38:06,500 And my guide Hammet, will be your escort. 1077 01:38:06,600 --> 01:38:09,300 No harm will be done to you on your way. 1078 01:38:09,400 --> 01:38:12,600 But once in Hyell, no one gets out. 1079 01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:17,534 Inshallah. We want to see you again.. alive. 1080 01:38:18,269 --> 01:38:19,800 Inshallah. 1081 01:38:22,447 --> 01:38:24,500 You can see very far. 1082 01:39:27,402 --> 01:39:30,576 The sand is soft, we will camp here. 1083 01:39:30,757 --> 01:39:32,400 What do we do next? 1084 01:39:33,034 --> 01:39:34,700 Wait and see. 1085 01:39:34,951 --> 01:39:39,400 When they come out, they come out to welcome us, 1086 01:39:39,600 --> 01:39:42,100 or they come out to kill us. 1087 01:39:43,700 --> 01:39:45,500 I don't see anyone. 1088 01:39:45,756 --> 01:39:49,700 They are arguing about, what to do with us. 1089 01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:36,200 Slaves, I don't know exactly what this means. 1090 01:40:36,300 --> 01:40:38,089 But it's an insult, I'm sure. 1091 01:40:39,307 --> 01:40:40,627 Only the woman. 1092 01:40:40,910 --> 01:40:42,922 Men must stay behind. 1093 01:40:43,100 --> 01:40:45,465 Only the woman is invited here. 1094 01:41:14,914 --> 01:41:18,379 I am Ibrahim, uncle of our beloved Emir. 1095 01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:23,300 May I see him? 1096 01:41:25,200 --> 01:41:26,500 He is gone. 1097 01:41:28,100 --> 01:41:29,400 When will he be back? 1098 01:41:30,433 --> 01:41:35,000 He is at war with our enemies. You cannot leave until he returns. 1099 01:41:41,900 --> 01:41:43,104 And my men? 1100 01:41:55,100 --> 01:41:56,500 You will stay here. 1101 01:43:05,240 --> 01:43:07,352 I am Fatima, the aunt of the emir. 1102 01:43:07,330 --> 01:43:09,800 This is Turkia, who will entertain you. 1103 01:43:09,900 --> 01:43:11,400 Welcome to Hyell. 1104 01:43:11,500 --> 01:43:13,300 You must be the Lady of the Desert. 1105 01:43:13,450 --> 01:43:15,700 Rumour has been faster than your camels. 1106 01:43:15,850 --> 01:43:17,635 I'm Gertrude Bell. 1107 01:43:19,510 --> 01:43:21,484 Who has sent you? 1108 01:43:21,700 --> 01:43:23,128 No one. 1109 01:43:24,050 --> 01:43:27,200 No, I'm here on my own. 1110 01:43:27,700 --> 01:43:29,100 On your own? 1111 01:43:30,710 --> 01:43:32,400 I know the world. 1112 01:43:32,900 --> 01:43:34,700 I come from Istanbul. 1113 01:43:35,014 --> 01:43:37,600 The Sultan sent me as a gift to Emir Rashid. 1114 01:43:38,430 --> 01:43:40,102 What are your plans? 1115 01:43:42,140 --> 01:43:45,291 I would like to meet Ibn Rashid. 1116 01:44:12,410 --> 01:44:15,255 Emir Rashid has been driven out of Hyell. 1117 01:44:15,860 --> 01:44:18,128 His women followed him. 1118 01:44:18,670 --> 01:44:21,204 And all his Shuma tribesmen. 1119 01:44:21,339 --> 01:44:22,902 But he left me behind. 1120 01:44:24,630 --> 01:44:27,526 - He was a guest of the Emir? - Yes. 1121 01:44:27,700 --> 01:44:29,800 The Emmy Harrud, six years ago. 1122 01:44:30,290 --> 01:44:31,515 What happened? 1123 01:44:33,840 --> 01:44:36,222 This palace is full of conspiracies. 1124 01:44:36,457 --> 01:44:37,650 Full of murder. 1125 01:44:39,272 --> 01:44:41,299 What happened to the Emir? 1126 01:44:42,100 --> 01:44:43,930 He was assassinated. 1127 01:44:44,580 --> 01:44:47,624 And his successor was murdered. And his successor as well, 1128 01:44:47,659 --> 01:44:49,568 all within a few years. 1129 01:44:53,180 --> 01:44:54,839 The Eunuchs were killed with them, 1130 01:44:54,939 --> 01:44:59,371 and the entire harem was passed from man, to man, to man. 1131 01:45:02,183 --> 01:45:04,100 Who is the ruling Emir now? 1132 01:45:04,209 --> 01:45:07,285 There was hardly anyone left in his family. 1133 01:45:07,420 --> 01:45:09,305 So he's young. 1134 01:45:09,600 --> 01:45:11,800 He's raiding in the North. 1135 01:45:12,200 --> 01:45:13,800 Fatima, his aunt, 1136 01:45:14,024 --> 01:45:17,900 is the true ruler. She is the real Emir. 1137 01:45:27,141 --> 01:45:28,741 It's beautiful. 1138 01:45:38,300 --> 01:45:41,678 I have been a prisoner here for three weeks now. 1139 01:45:43,160 --> 01:45:45,100 You are not a prisoner. 1140 01:45:45,400 --> 01:45:47,286 Your men are taken care of well. 1141 01:45:47,412 --> 01:45:50,939 You are only requested to stay until the Emir decides. 1142 01:45:53,010 --> 01:45:54,312 Decides what? 1143 01:45:55,220 --> 01:45:57,000 If it would be good to have you here. 1144 01:45:58,370 --> 01:45:59,566 For what? 1145 01:46:01,750 --> 01:46:05,486 My wish is to keep you here, in the harem of the Emir. 1146 01:46:05,700 --> 01:46:07,700 He would be delighted. 1147 01:46:12,607 --> 01:46:14,245 Ohhh, Fatima... 1148 01:46:15,160 --> 01:46:16,844 That is not my wish. 1149 01:46:20,800 --> 01:46:22,138 When does he get back? 1150 01:46:25,370 --> 01:46:26,560 Do you know? 1151 01:47:55,020 --> 01:47:57,189 I'm delighted to greet my guest. 1152 01:47:57,410 --> 01:48:00,450 He means: "I am delighted to greet my wife, 1153 01:48:00,500 --> 01:48:02,000 into my harem." 1154 01:48:02,430 --> 01:48:04,179 Yes, my wife. 1155 01:48:08,500 --> 01:48:09,706 Emir... 1156 01:48:10,990 --> 01:48:13,000 It is an honour to meet you. 1157 01:48:13,593 --> 01:48:16,300 However, I am already married. 1158 01:48:16,620 --> 01:48:19,800 I'm a member of the British Consul's harem, 1159 01:48:20,250 --> 01:48:24,000 and this would cause a problem for both the man and his country. 1160 01:48:24,880 --> 01:48:27,000 I was told otherwise. 1161 01:48:31,960 --> 01:48:34,538 "No man ever touches a married woman", 1162 01:48:37,920 --> 01:48:40,484 the Prophet, peace be upon him, has taught us. 1163 01:49:43,300 --> 01:49:46,400 Dear Richard, it's clear from what I've seen 1164 01:49:46,500 --> 01:49:49,500 that the house of Rashid is moving towards its demise. 1165 01:49:50,970 --> 01:49:55,400 It now appears that, Ibn Saud's star is in the ascendant, 1166 01:49:55,500 --> 01:49:59,269 and that the future of Central Arabia lies, with him, 1167 01:49:59,400 --> 01:50:01,900 not the people of Ha'il. 1168 01:50:02,035 --> 01:50:05,600 I shall communicate this to the British Arab Bureau. 1169 01:50:10,922 --> 01:50:14,748 The explorations that I have undertaken these past years, 1170 01:50:15,387 --> 01:50:19,300 the terrain and its people, of tribal life and governments, 1171 01:50:19,410 --> 01:50:24,533 have culminated in a unique picture, one that only I can paint. 1172 01:50:39,749 --> 01:50:44,000 As for myself, I sense that long years of preparation, 1173 01:50:44,450 --> 01:50:47,577 preparation for what I do not know, have ended, 1174 01:50:48,960 --> 01:50:50,799 and a new destiny, 1175 01:50:50,834 --> 01:50:52,663 is unfolding before me. 1176 01:50:57,900 --> 01:51:01,129 I have only now, to return to you. 1177 01:51:34,804 --> 01:51:36,429 Let's find somewhere quiet. 1178 01:51:46,800 --> 01:51:48,741 I've read your diary. 1179 01:51:50,654 --> 01:51:52,605 It was meant for you. 1180 01:51:53,050 --> 01:51:54,970 The world is changing. 1181 01:51:58,074 --> 01:52:02,012 While I was in the desert, the war turned into a World Wide War, and I.. 1182 01:52:02,180 --> 01:52:04,437 I didn't even notice. 1183 01:52:05,270 --> 01:52:07,141 All of Europe now. 1184 01:52:10,000 --> 01:52:11,324 Russia, Japan... 1185 01:52:14,661 --> 01:52:17,658 and America now. They will have their say too. 1186 01:52:22,102 --> 01:52:24,239 Gertrude, there's something that I want to tell you. 1187 01:52:28,523 --> 01:52:31,009 I have reenlisted for active service. 1188 01:52:41,538 --> 01:52:43,110 I expected it. 1189 01:52:45,700 --> 01:52:47,676 The moment I'm back from war, 1190 01:52:47,810 --> 01:52:50,295 I shall put everything in order with Judith. 1191 01:52:52,580 --> 01:52:54,029 I shall be free. 1192 01:52:56,930 --> 01:52:59,200 I'd rather put a bullet in my head, 1193 01:52:59,263 --> 01:53:00,800 than live without you. 1194 01:53:04,168 --> 01:53:05,691 Why do you say that? 1195 01:53:13,788 --> 01:53:15,629 Gertrude... 1196 01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:19,800 There is something you should know. 1197 01:53:21,548 --> 01:53:24,300 Judith has been making ominous remarks about... 1198 01:53:26,053 --> 01:53:29,286 about committing suicide if I should try to divorce her. 1199 01:53:31,300 --> 01:53:32,429 I see. 1200 01:53:32,630 --> 01:53:34,100 I do not believe it, but... 1201 01:53:40,472 --> 01:53:44,596 Love is a tyrant, sparing none. 1202 01:54:20,600 --> 01:54:25,300 Gertie... Oriental secretary. Congratulations. 1203 01:54:25,600 --> 01:54:27,800 It's as if they invented the post for you. 1204 01:54:30,222 --> 01:54:33,359 - All this is your staff? - It is. 1205 01:54:35,330 --> 01:54:38,572 You have become senior advisor, Lawrence. 1206 01:54:39,347 --> 01:54:42,024 You've morphed into a political animal. 1207 01:54:42,237 --> 01:54:46,000 - Technically, I'm under you, but... - What? 1208 01:54:46,640 --> 01:54:50,375 There are no other men like me, and no other women like you either, of course. 1209 01:54:51,100 --> 01:54:53,518 You've become some kind of, queen. 1210 01:54:54,850 --> 01:54:57,700 No, just a woman who misses her man. 1211 01:54:58,225 --> 01:55:01,000 Oh you mean your officer who joined in the glories of war. 1212 01:55:02,735 --> 01:55:04,135 Yes, I do. 1213 01:55:08,133 --> 01:55:11,165 Miss Bell, could you nudge a little bit closer, please? We'd like to get 1214 01:55:11,200 --> 01:55:13,500 - the Giza Pyramids in the frame. - Mr Churchill! 1215 01:55:13,600 --> 01:55:14,824 Still, please. 1216 01:55:15,200 --> 01:55:18,922 Mr. Churchill, what are you expecting from the conference? 1217 01:55:19,000 --> 01:55:20,694 Boys, let's face it... 1218 01:55:20,710 --> 01:55:22,600 a new order of the Arab World. 1219 01:55:22,700 --> 01:55:25,714 Mr. Churchill, with this new emphasis on the Middle East, 1220 01:55:25,749 --> 01:55:28,700 where does that leave off policy towards British India? 1221 01:55:29,830 --> 01:55:33,562 Churchill is trying to sell this as an achievement of the British Empire. 1222 01:55:34,170 --> 01:55:36,800 - What else is it? - Come on, Lawrence. 1223 01:55:36,900 --> 01:55:38,400 We are not leading them to autonomy, 1224 01:55:38,500 --> 01:55:41,700 it's the Arab nations who are awakening. This is their achievement. 1225 01:55:42,490 --> 01:55:44,122 Yes of course. 1226 01:55:47,500 --> 01:55:49,682 The Lions of the British Empire. 1227 01:55:51,070 --> 01:55:52,558 Mr Lawrence, over this way please, 1228 01:55:52,559 --> 01:55:55,200 with the pyramids in the background, for the photographers. Gentlemen... 1229 01:55:55,307 --> 01:55:57,900 You're having a shot. A little to the left, sir. 1230 01:56:01,270 --> 01:56:02,500 Hold tight, Mr. Lawrence. 1231 01:56:02,600 --> 01:56:05,500 Gentlemen, are we getting this camp? The shot is marvellous. 1232 01:56:07,450 --> 01:56:09,449 Mister Lawrence! 1233 01:56:12,450 --> 01:56:14,145 Marvellous. Boys, are you getting this? 1234 01:56:14,146 --> 01:56:16,300 One more like that, please, Mr. Churchill. 1235 01:56:17,260 --> 01:56:20,255 My cigar... my cigar went out. 1236 01:56:20,530 --> 01:56:22,609 This is the end of the world. 1237 01:56:23,030 --> 01:56:26,900 - One more, Mr. Churchill. - You're all looking fabulous. - Simply splendid. 1238 01:56:28,552 --> 01:56:30,900 4,000 years of history are looking upon you. 1239 01:56:31,200 --> 01:56:33,000 Oh Lawrence, shut up. 1240 01:56:33,200 --> 01:56:34,757 Napoleon said that before you. 1241 01:56:34,758 --> 01:56:37,700 Yes, all together now. Excellent! 1242 01:57:03,035 --> 01:57:05,050 Our losses at Gallipoli are staggering 1243 01:57:05,100 --> 01:57:10,400 and the Australian expedition force has lost 30,000 men in one single day. 1244 01:57:10,818 --> 01:57:12,565 General, this is classified. 1245 01:57:12,566 --> 01:57:16,800 I don't care. By tomorrow, the whole world will shout it from its window. 1246 01:57:16,900 --> 01:57:19,257 Doughty-Wylie , who led the assault, 1247 01:57:19,258 --> 01:57:21,600 has already been awarded the ah, Victoria Cross. 1248 01:57:22,522 --> 01:57:24,251 Did you say Richard? 1249 01:57:24,286 --> 01:57:26,175 Richard Doughty-Wylie? 1250 01:57:26,590 --> 01:57:28,373 Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 1251 01:57:28,374 --> 01:57:31,350 But the Victoria Cross is only for fallen heroes. 1252 01:57:31,666 --> 01:57:33,000 Correct. 1253 01:57:33,100 --> 01:57:36,600 We're told he was seeking death in combat. 1254 01:57:36,700 --> 01:57:39,100 I think he was having problems with his wife. 1255 01:57:45,900 --> 01:57:47,200 Yes. 1256 01:58:17,017 --> 01:58:20,200 Excuse me. Thank you. Thank you. 1257 01:58:38,396 --> 01:58:43,300 Fattuh. What would I do without you? 1258 01:58:45,160 --> 01:58:48,512 I shall follow the lady to the end of the world. 1259 01:59:04,360 --> 01:59:05,700 Dear diary, 1260 01:59:05,790 --> 01:59:09,400 in the afflictions of my heart, I am turning to you. 1261 01:59:10,549 --> 01:59:12,500 It is as if my life is ended, 1262 01:59:12,660 --> 01:59:15,000 as if love was not meant for me, 1263 01:59:16,090 --> 01:59:19,800 and only the great task I have shouldered keeps me going. 1264 01:59:22,010 --> 01:59:25,300 Cairo has became one of the centres of the world again, 1265 01:59:26,500 --> 01:59:28,500 and I'm starting a new life, 1266 01:59:29,445 --> 01:59:31,200 the life of a politician. 1267 01:59:34,700 --> 01:59:35,800 Gertrude, 1268 01:59:37,220 --> 01:59:39,702 Prince Faisal has requested a meeting with you. 1269 01:59:40,110 --> 01:59:42,341 He seems to be everywhere. 1270 01:59:42,560 --> 01:59:46,300 And how does the third son of Sharif Hussein deal with his brothers? 1271 01:59:46,680 --> 01:59:50,300 His brothers are only interested in horse racing. 1272 01:59:57,500 --> 02:00:00,300 Gertrude, we have to play their game. 1273 02:00:00,950 --> 02:00:04,584 Faisal is shrewd, he's cunning, he's ruthless. 1274 02:00:05,290 --> 02:00:08,400 But he seems to be the right one for this time in history. 1275 02:00:08,860 --> 02:00:12,200 - I mean, let's be sincere... - It's dangerous to be sincere, 1276 02:00:12,300 --> 02:00:14,330 unless you're also stupid. 1277 02:00:17,785 --> 02:00:21,179 England needs to get out its colonies sooner rather than later. 1278 02:00:26,270 --> 02:00:29,801 I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. 1279 02:01:04,550 --> 02:01:09,200 My brother Faisal and I, have read your memorandum on the Arab war. 1280 02:01:09,900 --> 02:01:11,000 Congratulations. 1281 02:01:11,100 --> 02:01:13,200 You do express our feelings. 1282 02:01:13,300 --> 02:01:17,000 No one in the Western world knows the heart of the Bedouin better than you. 1283 02:01:17,740 --> 02:01:19,597 The Bedouins call you... 1284 02:01:19,632 --> 02:01:21,600 "the noble lady". 1285 02:01:24,340 --> 02:01:26,337 I am honoured. 1286 02:01:26,500 --> 02:01:29,700 And we agree with those who call you "the mother of the faithful", 1287 02:01:29,800 --> 02:01:33,207 a title given to the wife of the Prophet, peace upon him. 1288 02:01:33,910 --> 02:01:36,404 In the face of two direct descendants of the Prophet 1289 02:01:36,439 --> 02:01:40,000 and in the face, of the people of the desert, 1290 02:01:40,570 --> 02:01:43,000 I am not worthy of that honour. 1291 02:01:46,849 --> 02:01:51,600 Your falcons, your falcons are worthy of kings. 1292 02:01:54,550 --> 02:01:56,600 You will soon be kings. 1293 02:01:59,610 --> 02:02:01,100 Over whom? 1294 02:02:04,700 --> 02:02:06,753 Over the people I love. 1295 02:02:10,330 --> 02:02:13,700 What makes an English woman, love us so much? 1296 02:02:19,800 --> 02:02:23,590 I have a trusted man, from Homs. 1297 02:02:25,220 --> 02:02:26,800 He is, ah... 1298 02:02:28,090 --> 02:02:30,394 Well, he has saved my life, 1299 02:02:30,429 --> 02:02:32,900 many, many times in the desert, 1300 02:02:33,784 --> 02:02:36,222 he has an old mother, and when she speaks to him 1301 02:02:36,322 --> 02:02:38,388 - she has five sons - she says... 1302 02:02:39,263 --> 02:02:40,527 Fattuh... 1303 02:02:41,330 --> 02:02:44,400 Fattuh, whom I entrust to bury me. 1304 02:02:46,200 --> 02:02:47,700 And then she speaks of the weather, 1305 02:02:47,800 --> 02:02:49,620 she speaks of the garden, 1306 02:02:51,248 --> 02:02:54,100 and for that alone, for him, 1307 02:02:56,156 --> 02:02:58,400 you will always have my heart. 1308 02:03:01,415 --> 02:03:05,013 And now, with your permission, I will leave. 1309 02:03:07,310 --> 02:03:08,700 Go in peace. 1310 02:03:23,700 --> 02:03:26,100 How could she know that we will be kings? 1311 02:03:28,200 --> 02:03:30,000 She is the maker of kings. 1312 02:03:31,510 --> 02:03:34,425 She is the uncrowned Queen Of The Desert. 97749

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