Long Days (1980)
In 1959, underground revolutionaries try to assassinate Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Kassem in Baghdad. News reports claim they have failed, and at first the revolutionaries lay low, but as the secret police continue to comb the neighborhoods with house-to-house searches, they flee to the countryside. Among those fleeing is Saddam Hussein, the future president of the republic.
Directors: Tawfiq Saleh, Terence Young.
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Saddam Kamel as Saddam Hussein |
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Nada Siham as |
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Mohsin al-Azzawi as |
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Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas as |
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Sami Al-Saraj as |
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Fawzia Aref as |
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Jawad Al Shukrchi as |
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Izz ad-Din Tabo as |
| Directing | Tawfiq Saleh | Director |
| Directing | Khairiya A-Mansour | Co-Director |
| Directing | Terence Young | Co-Director |
| Directing | Terence Young | Director |
| Camera | Nuhad Ali | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Irina al-Adadh | Editor |
| Writing | Saddam Hussein | Novel |
| Writing | Tawfiq Saleh | Writer |
| Sound | Solhy Al-Wadi | Original Music Composer |