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 real Latif Yahia eventually fled Iraq in 1992 and has lived a complex, often stateless life in Europe. He has remained a vocal critic of both the Hussein regime and the subsequent handling of Iraq by international powers, stating he intended his story to "open the eyes of the world" to the atrocities he witnessed. The Devil's Double
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 . The 2011 biographical thriller The Devil’s Double ,