Rent General Idi Amin Dada Autoportrait (1974)

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Rent General Idi Amin Dada Autoportrait (aka Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
If this mind-boggling documentary about one of the twentieth century's most reviled dictators were fiction it would be acclaimed as a comic masterpiece... but it is all true. With an ambition the size of Napoleon, Idi Amin considered himself a major leader and revolutionary on the world stage. In reality, his regime was amateurish, disorganised, and his maniacal command both hilarious and bizarre. Knowing that Amin put at least 300,000 people to death between 1971 and 1979 gives the film a uniquely chilling tone.
Through his anti-Semitic rages, fetish for artillery and military power, and the aggression that drifts through almost every speech, Amin attempts to transform himself into a figure of heroic proportions. He awarded himself the title "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, King of Scotland, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular".
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Jean-François Chauvel, Charles-Henri Favrod, Jean-Pierre Rassam
Writers:
Barbet Schroeder
Aka:
Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait
Studio:
Eureka
Genres:
Documentary
Collections:
Masters of Cinema
Countries:
France
BBFC:
Release Date:
14/05/2007
Run Time:
90 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
NTSC
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
Colour

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