General Idi Amin Dada

May. 29,1974      
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Idi Amin as  Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)
Fidel Castro as  Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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