The Last King of Scotland The Last King of Scotland The Last King of Scotland is a 1998 novel by journalist Giles Foden. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel is written as the memoir of a fictional Scottish doctor in Amin's employ. Giles Foden's novel received critical acclaim and numerous awards when it was published by Faber and Faber in 1998. It interweaves fiction and historical fact. In 2006, a film by the same name was produced based on the novel. The protagonist is a fictional character named Nicholas Garrigan, a
Last Year's Snow Was Falling that later became colloquial ("Who is here, for example, the last in line for the Tsar position? Nobody?! Then I'll be the First!") were defended by Tatarskiy and Ivanov with scandals. Despite their attempts the film was sent "for revision". It was cut anew and redubbed. Last Year's Snow Was Falling Last Year's Snow Was Falling (; translit. "Padal proshlogodniy sneg") is a 1983 Soviet clay-animated film directed by Aleksandr Tatarskiy (T/O Ekran studio). The film reached a cult status after its first appearance on Central TV. The aphoristic remarks of the characters, full of absurd humor, turned into colloquial