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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin1981

★7.6101 minDramaHistoryCrime

The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.

Director

Writer

Score

Christopher Gunning

Stars

Joseph Olita Thomas Baptiste Leonard Trolley

Cast25

J
Joseph Olita
as Idi Amin
Thomas Baptiste
as Dr. Michael Oloya
L
Leonard Trolley
as Bob Astles
Geoffrey Keen
as British Ambassador
Louis Mahoney
as Freedom fighter Ofumbi
André Maranne
as French Ambassador
D
Denis Hills
as Self
T
Tony Sibbald
as Canadian Ambassador Davis
N
Norbert Okare
as Kiwanuka
Ka Vundla
as Malyamungu
M
Martin Okello
as Amin Officer
N
Nicky Giles
as White Girl
A
Ann Wanjuga
as Mrs. Olaya
G
Gordon Gardner
as Israeli Ambassador
Alf Joint
as American Ambassador
F
Fred Ynanga
as Archbishop Luwunum
M
Marlene Dogherty
as Mrs. Dora Bloch
W
Wade Huie
as First American Journalist
R
Rick Anderson
as Second American Journalist
J
June Kikumu
as Sarah
R
Roy Leask
as British Journalist
Diane Mercer
as French Ambassador's Wife
S
Sophie Kind
as French Ambassador's Daughter (uncredited)
Jonathan Ross
as Israeli soldier (uncredited)
Ed Bishop
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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