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.
Acting
Dominic Cooper plays both men—utterly unrecognizable between them.
Production
The gaudy excess of Uday's world feels violently authentic.
Costume
Military chic meets Miami vice—pure unhinged dictator fashion.
Director
Lee Tamahori
Dominic Cooper
Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein
Ludivine Sagnier
Sarrab
Raad Rawi
Munem
Philip Quast
Saddam Hussein / Faoaz
Mem Ferda
Kamel Hannah
Mimoun Oaïssa
Ali
Khalid Laith
Yassem Al-Helou
Nasser Memarzia
Latif's Father
Dar Salim
Azzam
Pano Masti
Said
Stewart Scudamore
Father of School Girl
Amrita Acharia
School Girl
Amber Rose Revah
Bride
Selva Rasalingam
Rokan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dominic Cooper shot all Uday scenes first, then Latif, to maintain psychological separation. The crew reportedly couldn't tell which character he was some days.
The real Latif Yahia published multiple conflicting memoirs and was accused of fabricating his entire story—making this a film about a fake double that may itself be fake.
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