The President's Cake

Dec 26, 2025

1h 45m

★ 0.0

Overview

In 1990s Iraq, nine-year-old Lamia must bake Saddam Hussein's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

TPC Film

Maiden Voyage Pictures

Missing Piece Films

Spark Features

Working Barn Productions

The President's Cake Trailers

Cast

Lamia

Banin Ahmad Nayef

Saeed

Sajad Mohamad Qasem

Bibi

Waheed Thabet Khreibat

Jasim

Rahim AlHaj

Muthanna

Muthanna Malaghi

Musa

Ahmad Qasem Saywan

Majdi

Thaer Salem

Rahma

Fatima Abouharoon

Izzat

Mohammed Rheimeh

Hiyam

Rokia Alwadi

Malik

Abdelkarim Jasim

Saeed's Father

Maytham Mreidi

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