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General Idi Amin Dada(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-05-29
70%
34 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
A self portrait.
Overview:
Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.
Languages: English, French, Swahili.
Countries:
France,
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies: 
Le Figaro
Mara Films
Télévision Rencontre
Movie: General Idi Amin Dada
Top 3 Billed Cast
Idi Amin
Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)
Fidel Castro
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Golda Meir
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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