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Rating: 6.9/10 by 29 users

The Lovers and the Despot (2016)

Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.

Directing:
  • Ross Adam
  • Robert Cannan
Writing:
  • Jim Hession
  • Robert Cannan
  • Ross Adam
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Rating: 6.9/10 by 29 users

Alternative Title:
The Lovers & the Despot - GB
Os Amantes e o Déspota - BR
Kim Dzsongil bemutatja - HU
将軍様、あなたのために映画を撮ります - JP
Kochankowie i dyktator - PL
Filmens fångar - SE
Les Amants & le Dictateur - FR
北韓騎劫夢工場 - HK

Country:
France
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Language:
English
日本語
한국어/조선말
Runtime: 01 hour 38 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: cinema on cinema, kidnapping, movie business, 1970s, dictatorship, hong kong, docudrama, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, communism, communist propaganda, 1980s, portrait of a filmmaker, north korea, inter-korean relations

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)

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