In the Sands of Babylon. Genre: Drama, History, War. Director: Mohamed Al Daradji. Cast: Samer Mohamed, Ameer Ali Jabarah, Hassan Bkheet, Abdul Rahman Al-Fatlawi, Bassim Mohamed. Release Date: 2013-10-28. Runtime: 92 minutes. Rating: 0/10. An Iraqi soldier escaping from Kuwait as the army retreats in 1991 is captured and cast into Saddam’s infamous prisons, accused of being a traitor. Outside, an Iraqi uprising instills hope for those held captive in the killing fields of Babylon.