Movie Settings Database

Long Days

Where:

🇮🇶 Iraq

When:

The 1950s

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.

Released in 1980 — 150 minutes

Genres:

Action Drama History

Language:

Arabic