

Baghdad in My Shadow
2019, English. Directed by Samir Jamal Al Din.
A wide variety of Iraqis in exile meet at Café Abu Nawas in London, including the architect Amal, the poet Taufiq and the gay IT specialist Muhannad. They all want to finally feel free in London - something that was denied them in their homeland. But adversity threatens...
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 28 November 2019
- Country
- Germany, Iraq, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Samir Jamal Al Din, Furat al Jamil
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Baghdad in My Shadow runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Baghdad in My Shadow isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 November 2019. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Baghdad in My Shadow?
Baghdad in My Shadow (2019) was directed by Samir Jamal Al Din and stars Haitham Abdel-Razzaq, Zahraa Ghandour, Waseem Abbas.