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Miniseries – House of Saddam

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Saddam Hussein rises to power in Iraq and fights two wars against the United States.
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House of Saddam — Miniseries

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Critics Consensus

House of Saddam is anchored by a commanding peformance from Igal Naor's, but the miniseries offers shallow insight into the fallen tyrant and the history he helped shape.

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Leonard Pierce AV Club 06/26/2018
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Requires us to care about personal issues involving la famille Hussein that are actually pretty boring, and it leaves you with no real sense of how inextricably the stuff we're watching on screen was linked with international politics. Go to Full Review Tim Teeman The Times (UK) 06/26/2018
It was soap... it was reality, it was cheeky and it was terrifying. Saddam's reign was one of such excess and terror, it was hard to see where reality ended and fiction began. Go to Full Review Nancy Banks-Smith Guardian 06/26/2018
The story is serpentine. The man behind the moustache is a mystery. It is an extraordinarily ambitious attempt and it succeeds very well. Go to Full Review Paul Whitington Irish Independent 06/26/2018
A fascinating man in many ways - a butcher and warmonger who built roads and hospitals and advanced the rights of women... This lavish new four-part BBC drama investigates the rivalry and paranoia endemic throughout his long reign. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Cem Y 08/21/2023 It would be much better if they would prefer to use their own language. Also, they preferred quite fast and consequently shallow plot. See more Read all reviews
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Yigal Naor

Saddam Hussein

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Sajida Khairallah Talfah

Philip Arditti

Uday Hussein

Said Taghmaoui

Barzan Ibrahim

Christine Stephen-Daly

Samira Shahbandar

Alex Holmes

Director

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Dec 7, 2008 Part I In taking aggressive action on Iraq's behalf, Hussein is projected as a hero; the President deals with death, a mistress and his unruly heir. Details Episode 2 Aired Dec 7, 2008 Part II Baghdad celebrates its victory over Iran; Saddam's advisor worries about Uday; Saddam's lieutenant warns him; Uday must face his father. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 14, 2008 Part III Iraq is crippled by U.N. sanctions; weapons, chemicals and documents are buried or concealed; Saddam believes Iraq is being ostracized; Hussein Kamel meets with U.N. and CIA officials, offering information. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 14, 2008 Part IV Saddam instructs his family to flee leaving himself, Uday, Qusay and his grandson to remain; the U.S. discover the location of Uday and Qusay; Saddam learns of the high price on his head. Details

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Season Info

Director
Alex Holmes, Jim O'Hanlon
Screenwriter
Alex Holmes, Stephen Butchard
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date
Dec 7, 2008