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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas
Sami Al-Saraj
Fawzia Aref
Jawad Al Shukrchi
Izz ad-Din TaboExplore the crew
- Director
- Tawfiq Saleh
- Director
- Terence Young
- Director of Photography
- Nuhad Ali
- Editor
- Irina al-Adadh
- Writer
- Tawfiq Saleh
- Original Music Composer
- Solhy Al-Wadi