Al-ayyam al-tawila

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Al-ayyam al-tawila (Arabic: الأيام الطويلة, romanizedal-ʾAyyām aṭ-Ṭawwīla, lit.'The Long Days') is a 1980 6-hour long biographical account of Saddam Hussein's attempted assassination of Abd al-Karim Qasim in 1959, although some sources also list a running time of 150 minutes. It was filmed in 1980 and allegedly edited by Terence Young, who also directed three James Bond films.

Al-ayyam al-tawila
Directed byTewfik Saleh
Terence Young
Written bySaddam Hussein
Tewfik Saleh
StarringSaddam Kamel
Nada Siham
Mohsin al-Azzawi
Ibrahim Jalai
CinematographyNuhad Ali
Edited byIrina al-Adadh
Music bySolhi El-Wadi
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIraq
LanguageIraqi Arabic

The film starred Hussein's cousin Saddam Kamal as Saddam and was directed by Tewfik Saleh, who also wrote the screenplay.

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