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The Devil's Double is a drama film, release date to be announced later. The movie is written by Michael Thomas and directed by Lee Tamahori, and stars Dominic Cooper as Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein, Ludivine Sagnier as Sarrab, Amber Rose Revah as Bride, Raad Rawi as Munem, Mem Ferda as Kamel Hannah, Selva Rasalingam as Rokan, Philip Quast as Saddam Hussein, Jamie Harding as Qusay, Marama Corlett as Hennahead, Nasser Memarzia as Latif's Father, Dar Salim as Azzam Al-Tikriti, Mimoun Oaïssa as Ali, Stewart Scudamore as Jamal Al - Hamza, Akin Gazi as Saad Abd Al-Razzeh, Tiziana Azzopardi as Gallalha, Pano Masti as Said Kammuneh, Rachel Fabri as Abdel Akle, Khalid Laith as Yassem Al-Helou, Amrita Acharia as Schoolgirl 1, Ben Shafik, Andre Agius as Cripple and Mifsud as Mohammed Al Ramzi.

The film is based on the life story of Latif Yahia and his bestselling novels The Devil's Double and I was Saddam's Son. Latif Yahia, an Iraqi Army lieutenant stationed on the Iranian border, bears an uncanny resemblance to the devil incarnate, Uday Hussein. Latif is summoned to Saddam Hussein's inner sanctum where he is given a choice: become the body double of Saddam's sadistic son Uday, or die. The Devil's Double is the fascinating story of Latif Yahia and his remarkable life as the double of Iraq's most reviled individual. The Devil's Double provides unique insight into a closed society revealing the horrors of Saddam's tyrannical regime from the inside while providing a chilling portrait of the man whom many considered to be Saddam's heir apparent.

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