Long Days (1980)

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.

• Release Date: 1980-01-02
• Runtime: 2h 30min
• Directors: Tawfiq Saleh, Terence Young.