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General Idi Amin Dada

May 29, 1974 | IMDB 7

90 min Watch Now

Documentary

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

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Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir

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