General Idi Amin Dada

“A self portrait.”

7.0/ 10 38 votes 1974-05-29 1h 30m 1 popularity

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

Director: Barbet Schroeder

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Idi Amin

Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)

Fidel Castro

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Golda Meir

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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