Al-ayyam al-tawila

Al-ayyam al-tawila (Arabic: الأيام الطويلة, romanized: al-ʾAyyām aṭ-Ṭawwīla, lit. 'The Long Days') is a 1980 6-hour long biographical account of Saddam Hussein's attempted assassination of Abd al-Karim Qasim in 1959, although some sources also list a running time of 150 minutes. It was filmed in 1980 and allegedly edited by Terence Young, who also directed three James Bond films.

Al-ayyam al-tawila
Directed by	Tewfik Saleh Terence Young
Written by	Saddam Hussein Tewfik Saleh
Starring	Saddam Kamel Nada Siham Mohsin al-Azzawi Ibrahim Jalai
Cinematography	Nuhad Ali
Edited by	Irina al-Adadh
Music by	Solhi El-Wadi
Release date	1980 (1980)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	Iraq
Language	Iraqi Arabic

The film starred Hussein's cousin Saddam Kamal as Saddam and was directed by Tewfik Saleh, who also wrote the screenplay.

External links

• Al-ayyam al-tawila at IMDb
• The Long Days on YouTube (French subtitles, 125 minutes)
• The Long Days on YouTube (no subtitles, 100-minute version)

• Iraq portal