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The Devil's Double

A chilling portrait of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the perspective of the man forced to serve as the double for Hussein's sadistic son.

Director(s)

Lee Tamahori

Rowena Radbury

Cast & Crew

Oona Chaplin

Oona Chaplin

Beauty

Stewart Scudamore

Stewart Scudamore

Father of School Girl

Lee Tamahori

Lee Tamahori

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Selva Rasalingam

Selva Rasalingam

Rokan

Philip Quast

Philip Quast

Saddam Hussein / Faoaz

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Sarrab

Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper

Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein

Nasser Memarzia

Nasser Memarzia

Latif's Father

Raad Rawi

Raad Rawi

Munem

Amber Rose Revah

Amber Rose Revah

Bride

Akin Gazi

Akin Gazi

Saad

Amrita Acharia

Amrita Acharia

School Girl

Khalid Laith

Khalid Laith

Yassem Al-Helou

Mem Ferda

Mem Ferda

Kamel Hannah

Mimoun Oaïssa

Mimoun Oaïssa

Ali

Dar Salim

Dar Salim

Azzam

Pano Masti

Pano Masti

Said

Jamie Harding

Jamie Harding

Qusay

Elektra Anastasi

Elektra Anastasi

School Girl 2

Norman Schwarzkopf

Norman Schwarzkopf

Self (archive footage)

Rowena Radbury

Rowena Radbury

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Details

GenresDrama, Action, Thriller, Crime, War
Runtime1h 49 mins
Released on11 Feb 2011
Languageen
Produced InNetherlands
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Reviews

Reno

6/10

**It was not a stolen identity, but forcibly given.** The film was based on the book of the same name that tells the true story of a young Iraqi man Latif, who was forced to body double the Saddam Hussein's playboy son, Uday. This is the reason I was not interested in this. Usually biopics are made to inspire the viewers, but there are negative films as well and this is one of those. Actually, it was not about the Saddam or his politics or his family, except Uday. So it was told from the perspective of Latif. How he suffered and fought back was the film focused on. After watching it so delay, I think I was wrong about it. The film is for adults, but the thing is it reveals lots of dark secrets of Uday's lifestyle. Sadly the film did not cover much of the Saddam Hussein's events. The Kiwi filmmaker did his best. Dominic Cooper's performance in the dual role was the highlight. That should be the reason to watch this, because you know like me, people are turning it away once they read whose story is this. This film is here to remind us the bad history about the bad people, other than that there's nothing in it. _6/10_

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