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House Of Saddam – cast announced for 91Èȱ¬ Two drama

Category: TV Drama; 91Èȱ¬ Two
Date: 23.04.2008
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91Èȱ¬ Drama Production today announces the cast for House Of Saddam, a gripping four-part 91Èȱ¬ Two drama series that tells the story of Iraq under Saddam Hussein's leadership, from 1979 until his downfall and subsequent execution in 2006.

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House Of Saddam focuses on the lives of Saddam's closest family and an elite few. An intimate portrait of the world of Saddam's inner circle, it charts the rise and fall of one of the world's most terrifying regimes.

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Kate Harwood, 91Èȱ¬ Head of Drama Series & Serials, says: "This is an electrifying account of how one man used fear and violence to divide and rule both a nation and his own family. It is a bold commission for 91Èȱ¬ Two shot in Tunisia with a truly international cast."

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Co-written by BAFTA award-winning Alex Holmes (Dunkirk) and Stephen Butchard (Vincent), House Of Saddam is a 91Èȱ¬/HBO co-production. Executive producers are Alex Holmes and Hilary Salmon (The Passion, Five Days, The Long Firm, Shoot The Messenger).

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Key cast are as follows:

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• Igal Naor (Rendition, Munich) plays Saddam Hussein
  
  
• Said Taghmaoui (Vantage Point, The Kite Runner, La Haine) plays Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and the Iraqi representative to the United Nations between 1988 and 1998
  
  
• Shohreh Aghdashloo (House Of Sand And Fog) plays Sajida Talfah, Saddam's wife
  
  
• Christine Stephen-Daly (The Bill, Cutting It, Casualty) plays Samira Shahbandar, Saddam's mistress and second wife
  
  
• Uri Gavriel (The Kingdom) plays Ali Hassan Al Majid, more widely known as Chemical Ali
  
  
• Amr Waked (Syriana) plays Hussein Kamel, Saddam's nephew and son-in-law
  
  
• Makram J Khoury (Munich, The West Wing) plays Tariq Aziz, the Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
  
  
• Philip Arditti (10 Days To War) plays Uday, Saddam's eldest son

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The four-part drama will be shown on 91Èȱ¬ Two this summer.

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House Of Saddam was commissioned by Jane Tranter, Controller, 91Èȱ¬ Fiction.

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It is the latest commission from 91Èȱ¬ Drama Production and follows in the diverse footsteps of The Passion, Cranford, The State Within and Five Days.

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