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The 2011 biographical thriller The Devil’s Double , directed by , tells the harrowing story of Yahia’s forced service as Uday’s fiday —a political body double or "bullet catcher". A Dual Performance of Extremes

The film captures the "opulent decadence" of Baghdad’s elite, filled with gold-plated furniture and Ferraris. The Devil's Double

See the chilling transformation as Latif Yahia is forced to become the body double for the infamous Uday Hussein: Devil's Double Clip - Transformation AMC Theatres YouTube• Jul 27, 2011 The Shadow of the Black Prince: Inside 'The Devil's Double' The 2011 biographical thriller The Devil’s Double ,

The film’s centerpiece is , who delivers a "phenomenal" and "electrifying" dual performance. In 1987 Baghdad, a young Iraqi army lieutenant

Cooper portrays a "homicidal psychopath" and "sadistic libertine". Known as the "Black Prince," Uday is depicted as a cocaine-snorting madman with a penchant for impulsive violence, torture, and abduction. Between Fact and "Gangster" Fiction

While based on Yahia's own autobiographical books, critics have noted that the film often leans into the "lurid vision" of a gangster epic, drawing frequent comparisons to Scarface .

In 1987 Baghdad, a young Iraqi army lieutenant named was summoned from the front lines of the Iran-Iraq War to Saddam Hussein’s palace. He wasn't there for a medal; he was there because he bore a "dead ringer" resemblance to the dictator’s eldest son, Uday Hussein .