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.
Yuna Shin
Choi Eun-hee
Choi Eun-hee
Self
Paul Courtenay Hyu
Shin Sang-ok
Michael Yi
Self - US Intelligence Officer
Shin Sang-ok
Self
Ross Adam
Director
Shin Jeong-kyun
Self - Choi and Shin's Son
Shin Myung-yim
Self - Choi and Shin's Daughter
Robert Cannan
Director
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
Natasha Dack Ojumu
Producer
David Straub
Self - US SD Officer (1984-86)
Jang Jin-sun
Self - Kim's Former Court Poet
Nathan Halpern
Composer
Nishida Tetsuo
Self - Film Critic
Jim Hession
Editor
Derek Malcolm
Self - Film Critic
Dean S. Robinson
Self - Vienna US Embassy Officer (1985-87)
Kim Jong-il
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kim Il-sung
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kim Jong-un
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Victoria Steventon
Executive Producer
Lizzie Francke
Executive Producer
Victoria Chalk
Co-Editor
Maggie Monteith
Executive Producer
Cristina Ljungberg
Executive Producer
Alastair Sirkett
Sound Designer
Richard Holmes
Executive Producer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
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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