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GÉNÉRAL IDI AMIN DADA: AUTOPORTRAIT

by Barbet Schroeder

synopsis

Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait is an extended character study of its subject. It follows Amin closely in a series of formal and informal settings, combined with several short interviews in which Amin expounds his unconventional theories of politics, economics, and international relations. Amin is seen supervising the Ugandan paratrooper school, boating through a wildlife park, playing the accordion in a jazz band at a formal dinner, and staging a mock assault on a small hill representing the Golan Heights. He discusses his plans for an attack on Israel, and his letter to Kurt Waldheim, then Secretary General of the United Nations sent in response to the 1972 Munich massacre, which commended Hitler, is touched upon. On a TV program, it is announced Amin is in possession of a 'manual' which details Israel's plans: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

original title: Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait
country: France, Switzerland
year: 1974
genre: fiction
directed by: Barbet Schroeder
film run: 92'
release date: FR 22/05/1974, UK 27/07/1974, CH 08/1974, NL 30/01/1975, BE 18/04/1975, IE 18/04/1975, SE 23/06/1975, FI 28/11/1975, PT 1976, PL 15/05/2018
screenplay: Barbet Schroeder
cast: Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir
cinematography by: Néstor Almendros
film editing: Denise de Casabianca
producer: Jean-François Chauvel, Charles-Henri Favrod, Jean-Pierre Rassam

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