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General Idi Amin Dada

7.019741h 30mMovieDocumentary

Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.

DirectorBarbet Schroeder
WriterBarbet Schroeder
ProducersJean-François Chauvel·Charles-Henri Favrod

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Barbet Schroeder

IAIdi Amin
Idi Amin
Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)
FCFidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
GMGolda Meir
Golda Meir
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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