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The Devil's Double

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The Devil's Double

The 80's were brilliant, if you were in charge.

6.7(613) 2/11/2011 1h 49m
DramaActionThrillerCrimeWar

A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

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Top Cast

Dominic Cooper

Dominic Cooper

Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Sarrab

Raad Rawi

Raad Rawi

Munem

Philip Quast

Philip Quast

Saddam Hussein / Faoaz

Mem Ferda

Mem Ferda

Kamel Hannah

Mimoun Oaïssa

Mimoun Oaïssa

Ali

Khalid Laith

Khalid Laith

Yassem Al-Helou

Nasser Memarzia

Nasser Memarzia

Latif's Father

Directed by

Lee Tamahori

Production

Reviews

Reno

6/10

12/24/2016

**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

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