General Idi Amin Dada

1974 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,058 VOTES · DIR. Barbet Schroeder

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Overview

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

Dialogue Timeline — 1,107 lines

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00:00:28 Where the Nile rises on the equator...
00:03:27 "There is every reason to think that they have been assassinated...
00:09:09 I was taken to Burma.
00:14:32 and same policy as I did here in Uganda.
00:18:06 during my time as a revolutionary leader
00:20:54 as had other Ugandans, paratroop training in Israel.
00:23:32 and having few squadron of suicide...
00:26:37 by paratroopers and air support.
00:32:44 but it is you, with your permanent secretary...
00:35:23 that everybody must love his leader.
00:39:45 use these town agent properly...
00:42:51 for about three or five years.
00:48:32 And this is how we want.
00:54:36 He has just repudiated three of his wives for not being revolutionary enough.
00:58:26 to do so while they were still in Uganda.
01:01:17 Because I work only according to the Goïs instruction.
01:03:47 Because I speak the truth, and I know their mistake.
01:07:30 if Mr. Heath himself does not come to me here.
01:10:09 And I wanted to make them understand one language in America.
01:12:53 It is the people's mistake...
01:19:04 And also, as a pilot, when you are going to fight
01:22:53 This is very important.
01:25:33 submitted to me
01:28:13 within three days.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,107
Dialogue density12.3 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line01:28:13

Production Record

DirectorBarbet Schroeder
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes2,058