THE INTERROGATION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN

Four-Episode Limited Series Written by Graham Sack
Based on the Memoir Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein by John Nixon and Screenplay by Daniel Stiepleman
Starring Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, For All Mankind, House of Cards, Altered Carbon)
Directed by Jasmila Zbanic (Oscar Nominee: ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’)
Produced by Alexander Rodnyansky (Oscar Nominee: Loveless, Leviathan, Beanpole, East/West, Stalingrad)
Production Scheduled for Spring 2024

The first American to interrogate Saddam Hussein slowly begins to realize that the US invasion of Iraq is not as cut and dry, nor its outlook as positive, as Washington believes.

Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein presents an astounding, candid portrait of one of our era’s most notorious strongmen. Nixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture confronts America’s most enigmatic enemy. After years of parsing Hussein’s leadership from afar, Nixon faithfully recounts his interrogation sessions and strips away the mythology surrounding an equally brutal and complex man. His account is not an apology, but a sobering examination of how preconceived ideas led Washington policymakers—and the Bush White House—astray. Unflinching and unprecedented, Debriefing the President exposes a fundamental misreading of one of the modern world’s most notorious dictators and presents a new narrative that boldly counters our received account.

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