1 July 2021
Baghdad Central S1
It’s 2003 in Baghdad Central: Saddam Hussein has been ousted, Iraq is under foreign control, and tensions run high. Waleed Zuaiter (Altered Carbon, The Men Who Stare at Goats) plays Muhsin al-Khafaji, a former police inspector who has lost everything except his determination to find his missing daughter Sawsan (Leem Lubany from Condor). But to find her, he’ll have to choose a side…
Executive produced by Emmy nominee and BAFTA winner Kate Harwood and written by BAFTA nominee Stephen Butchard (House of Saddam, The Last Kingdom), Baghdad Central has an 83% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics consensus reads, “Waleed Zuaiter proves a strong lead in Baghdad Central, a multilingual geopolitical thriller with a sense of humanity.”
The six-episode miniseries also stars Golden Globe nominee Corey Stoll (Billions, Ant-Man, House of Cards).
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