The Lovers and the Despot (2016)
1h 38m
Running Time
September 22, 2016Release Date
The Lovers and the Despot (2016)
1h 38m
Running Time
September 22, 2016Release Date
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Plot.
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Courtenay Hyu
Shin Sang-ok
Yuna Shin
Choi Eun-hee
Choi Eun-hee
Self - Actress / Various Roles
Michael Yi
Self - US Intelligence Officer
Shin Jeong-kyun
Self - Choi and Shin's Son
Shin Myung-yim
Self - Choi and Shin's Daughter
Choi Kyung-ok
Self - Choi's Brother
Iain T. A. Hall
Self - RHK Police Inspector (1975-79)
Pierre Rissient
Self - Film Critic
Lee Jang-ho
Self - Filmmaker
David Straub
Self - US SD Officer (1984-86)
Jang Jin-sun
Self - Kim's Former Court Poet
Nishida Tetsuo
Self - Film Critic
Derek Malcolm
Self - Film Critic
Dean S. Robinson
Self - Vienna US Embassy Officer (1985-87)
Shin Sang-ok
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Kim Jong-il
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kim Il-sung
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kim Jong-un
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ross Adam
Director / Producer / Writer
Robert Cannan
Director / Producer / Writer
Jim Hession
Editor / Writer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
Lizzie Francke
Executive Producer
Connie Farr
Music Supervisor
Aminé Ramer
Music Supervisor
Sheryl Crown
Executive Producer
Sandra Whipham
Executive Producer
Alastair Sirkett
Sound Designer
Femke Wolting
Co-Producer
Maggie Monteith
Executive Producer
Cristina Ljungberg
Executive Producer
Nathan Halpern
Original Music Composer
Milka Pavlicevic
Commissioning Editor
Martin Pieper
Commissioning Editor
Natasha Dack Ojumu
Producer
Kate Townsend
Executive Producer
Oscar van der Kroon
Commissioning Editor
Victoria Steventon
Executive Producer
Victoria Chalk
Co-Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 22, 2016
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
movie business
1970s
kidnapping
dictatorship
hong kong
docudrama
ex-husband ex-wife relationship
communism
portrait of a filmmaker
north korea
communist propaganda
inter-korean relations
1980s
film and cinema
Wiki.
The Lovers and the Despot is a 2016 British documentary film written and directed by Robert Cannan and Ross Adam, about the 1978 abduction of South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, and film director Shin Sang-ok, by Kim Jong-il of North Korea. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's 2014 MeetMarket.
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