The Devil's Double
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The Devil's Double is a 2011 biographical crime drama film in which Dominic Cooper portrays both Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s son Uday Hussein and his reluctant body double, Latif Yahia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Devil’s Double | 4 |
| The Devil's Double canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9510012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Devil's Double Context triple: [Dominic Cooper, notableWork, The Devil's Double]
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A.
A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
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B.
The Devil’s Carnival
The Devil’s Carnival is a 2012 horror-musical anthology film set in a twisted carnival where damned souls relive moral fables through song and grotesque spectacle.
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C.
My Brother the Devil
My Brother the Devil is a British coming-of-age crime drama film that follows two British-Egyptian brothers navigating gang culture, identity, and sexuality in East London.
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D.
The Devil's Playground
The Devil's Playground is a 1976 Australian drama film, written and directed by Fred Schepisi, that explores the sexual and spiritual tensions within a Catholic boys' seminary in the 1950s.
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E.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Devil's Double Target entity description: The Devil's Double is a 2011 biographical crime drama film in which Dominic Cooper portrays both Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s son Uday Hussein and his reluctant body double, Latif Yahia.
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A.
A Devil Is Waiting
A Devil Is Waiting is a thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue, political assassination plots, and his recurring character Sean Dillon.
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B.
The Devil’s Carnival
The Devil’s Carnival is a 2012 horror-musical anthology film set in a twisted carnival where damned souls relive moral fables through song and grotesque spectacle.
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C.
My Brother the Devil
My Brother the Devil is a British coming-of-age crime drama film that follows two British-Egyptian brothers navigating gang culture, identity, and sexuality in East London.
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D.
The Devil's Playground
The Devil's Playground is a 1976 Australian drama film, written and directed by Fred Schepisi, that explores the sexual and spiritual tensions within a Catholic boys' seminary in the 1950s.
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E.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork |
Karl Wendl
NERFINISHED
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Latif Yahia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Devil's Double (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMemberRole |
Dominic Cooper as Latif Yahia
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Dominic Cooper as Uday Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludivine Sagnier as Sarrab NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Quast as Saddam Hussein ⓘ Raad Rawi as Munem ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sam McCurdy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Christian Henson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
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Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Lee Tamahori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Icon Film Distribution
NERFINISHED
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Lionsgate ⓘ |
| editedBy | Luis Carballar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Jordan
NERFINISHED
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Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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crime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Saddam Hussein family
NERFINISHED
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body double ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Latif Yahia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uday Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Corsan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1997 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 109 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ |
| starring |
Dominic Cooper
NERFINISHED
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Ludivine Sagnier NERFINISHED ⓘ Mehdi Dehbi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mimoun Oaïssa NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Quast NERFINISHED ⓘ Raad Rawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2011-07-29 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | 2011-01-22 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Devil's Double Description of subject: The Devil's Double is a 2011 biographical crime drama film in which Dominic Cooper portrays both Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s son Uday Hussein and his reluctant body double, Latif Yahia.
Referenced by (6)
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