It is March 2003 and Iraq has been invaded, as the compelling chronicle of the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein concludes.
As President Bush declares, "The day of liberation is near" for the people of Iraq, Saddam Hussein (Igal Naor, pictured) instructs his daughters, grandchildren and wife, Sajida (Shohreh Aghdashloo) to flee the country to safety in Syria, with only his loyal sons, Uday (Philip Arditti) and Qusay (Mounir Margoum) and eldest grandson, Mustapha, remaining.
For his own safety, Saddam goes into hiding near the town of Tikrit, off the banks of the Tigris River, where he lived as a child. As coalition forces flood Iraq and Baghdad in their search for the former president, Saddam continues to lead his people from virtual isolation in his desolate hut. He makes crude tapes decrying the invaders and imploring the Iraqi people to rise up and defend their sovereignty, then has them delivered to radio broadcasters by his bodyguard.
Uday, Qusay and Mustapha take refuge at a relative's house in Baghdad, and it isn't long before disloyalty leads to their location being revealed to US officials. A lengthy gun-fight between them and an army battalion kills the young men and leaves their father in shock and their mother watching reports of their death on television, utterly devastated.
In the dead of night, and evading the coalition patrol, an emotional Saddam visits his sons' graves near Tikrit, and lays Iraqi flags atop the soil as a mark of respect.
Saddam learns of the $25m price put on his head and the net begins to close in on his secluded hiding place. When the army discovers it, even the last throes of loyalty from his bodyguard cannot prevent him from being found in a make-shift underground hole. Hauled out, dignity in tatters and held to the ground, he declares: "I am the President of Iraq, and I am willing to negotiate."
i missed house of saddam last night and i want to cach it up on the net?
August 6th, 2008 - 10:53pmAOUS ALKARAM said...
IT SO NICE TO MAKE DRAMA FOR THE MORE IMPORTANT MAN IN THE WORLD MR. Saddam Hussein BUT FOR THE WRITER IT'S NOT ALL WHAT U SAY IT'S THE TRUTH SOME IT HAS BEEN MORE LIE FROM YOU
MR president was very brave & he never let the people down
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