Amin: The Rise and Fall
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“The rage of a maniac... the rape of a people!”
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
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Cast
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Joseph Olita
Idi Amin
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Thomas Baptiste
Dr. Michael Oloya
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Leonard Trolley
Bob Astles
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Geoffrey Keen
British Ambassador
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The Spy Who Loved Me
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Louis Mahoney
Freedom fighter Ofumbi
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River
Fawlty Towers
André Maranne
French Ambassador
Known for
A Shot in the Dark
Fawlty Towers
Denis Hills
Self
Tony Sibbald
Canadian Ambassador Davis
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Quatermass
A View to a Kill
Norbert Okare
Kiwanuka
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Ka Vundla
Malyamungu
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Martin Okello
Amin Officer
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Nicky Giles
White Girl
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Sharad Patel Director · Wade Huie Screenplay Christopher Gunning Composer
Worldwide gross $36M · Budget $26M · United States release March 19, 1982
Box office
Budget
$26,000,000
Worldwide gross
$36,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
Intermedia Productions
Production
Film Corporation of Kenya
Production
Kenya · United Kingdom · Nigeria
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Colombia · July 16, 1981
Theatrical
United States · March 19, 1982
Theatrical
Germany
May 27, 1983 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 25, 1981 · Theatrical
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