'Queen of the Desert' Trailer: Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson & James Franco's Epic

The first trailer for historical drama "Queen of the Desert" has been dropped. The biographical film starring Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson and James Franco shows a blend of love, lust, passion, courage, strength and an exotic filled adventure to the Middle East.

Queen of the Desert, directed by Werner Herzog, is based on the life of Gertrude Bell (Nicole Kidman), a historian, writer, and member of the British secret service who is revered as "the female Lawrence of Arabia" for making an imprint on Middle Eastern politics in the 1920s. She contributed to defining the new borders in the region after the First World War.

The first trailer gives a glimpse at the relationship between the characters played by Robert Pattinson and Nicole Kidman.

Pattinson plays 'Lawrence of Arabia' and Kidman as an explorer helps establish the countries of Iraq and Jordan.

Also starring Damian Lewis, "Queen of the Desert" premiered at Berlin International Film Festival and is expected to hit US theatres later this year.

According to an official synopsis via Indiewire, "As an educated young woman, for whom no suitable husband can be found in England, she journeys to Tehran. After a tragic love affair with diplomat and inveterate gambler Henry Cadogan, she decides to give up on her private life and discover the region as an explorer."