Rent General Idi Amin Dada Autoportrait (1974)
3.8 of 5 from 51 ratings
1h 30min
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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:
- Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir
- Directors:
- Barbet Schroeder
- 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
