The Mole - Infiltrating North Korea (2020)
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Currently The Mole - Infiltrating North Korea is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: ZDF
Streaming in:🇩🇪 Germany
Cast & Crew.
Mads Brügger
Self / Director / Writer
Ulrich Løvenskjold Larsen
Self
Jim Latrache-Qvortrup
Mr. James
Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez
Self
Annie Machon
Self
Jonas Berlin
Camera Operator
Tore Vollan
Camera Operator
Annie Machon
Self
John Erik Kaada
Music
Hisham Al-Dasouqi
Self
Torkel Gjørv
Editor
Kim Ryong Chol
Self
Antonio García Ferreras
Self
Anders Kristensen
Self
Peter Engel
Producer
Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 11, 2020
Original NameMuldvarpen - Undercover i Nordkorea
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes3
Running Time45m
Content RatingTV-MA
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This TV Show Is About.
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The Mole: Undercover in North Korea is a 2020 documentary miniseries written and directed by Mads Brügger that managed to record plans of large-scale illegal weapon distributions, methamphetamine laboratories, and money laundering. The series follows Ulrich Larsen, called "the Mole", a former chef living on benefits who spends 10 years infiltrating the Korean Friendship Association (KFA). He quickly rises through the ranks and gains the trust of KFA leader Alejandro Cao de Benós from Spain. Cao de Benós tells the Mole that he is looking for possible investors that are willing to invest in North Korea, despite sanctions against the country. Brügger decides to inject into the story a "Mr James" (Jim Latrache-Qvortrup), pretending to be a possible investor.
After a meeting with Cao de Benós about possible sale of drugs and weapons from North Korea, the Mole and Mr. James travel to North Korea, where they sign a contract with North Korea to produce drugs and weapons in another country. Mr James meets the North Koreans officials again in Uganda, where they discuss buying an island in Lake Victoria in Uganda to construct an underground drugs and weapons manufactory, under the disguise of establishing a luxury hotel. The series later won "best documentary" at the Danish Robert Awards in 2021.
The filming of the documentary leads Ulrich to North Korea, and around the world, to initiate negotiations of cross-continental Scud missiles, weapons, and methamphetamine between North Korea and a fake businessman. This exposed how North Korea attempts to avoid the strict sanctions placed against the regime.