Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Film poster
Directed bySharad Patel
Written byWade Huie
Produced bySharad Patel
StarringJoseph Olita
Thomas Baptiste
Leonard Trolley
Denis Hills
CinematographyHarvey Harrison
Edited byKeith Palmer
Music byChristopher Gunning
Distributed byInternational Film Marketing
Release date
  • 25 August 1981 (1981-08-25)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesKenya
Nigeria
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$26 million
Box office$4 million

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, also known as Amin: The Rise and Fall, is a 1981 biographical film directed by Sharad Patel and starring Joseph Olita as Idi Amin. Olita also played Amin in the 1991 film Mississippi Masala.