Baghdad Outside Baghdad
2013, Arabic. Directed by Kassem Hawal.
Baghdad Outside Baghdad is based on the Gilgamesh Sumerian legend, set in the first decades of the 20th century and told with a realistic and human hold. The story portraits six different stories that in different ways reflects the intellectual and cultural life in Iraq in that period, a period that fostered great poets and singers. The film presents six figures from this period through easy going as well as melancholic perspectives, while they live as strangers in their homeland and slowly move towards death. Gilgamesh is constantly present in the story, and as set in the historical epic portrayal, watchful and fearful of the death. Baghdad Outside Baghdad is outermost a historical portrait of Iraq.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 1 May 2013
- Original title
- بغداد خارج بغداد
- Country
- Iraq
- Written by
- Kassem Hawal
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Baghdad Outside Baghdad runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Baghdad Outside Baghdad isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 May 2013. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Baghdad Outside Baghdad?
Baghdad Outside Baghdad (2013) was directed by Kassem Hawal and stars Nizar Al-Samarayi, Hind Kamil, ثمين طعمة.