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The Lovers and the Despot (2016)
Directed by Ross Adam, Robert Cannan
“They were kidnapped by their biggest fan”
Documentary, History · 1h 38m
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
Cast
Paul Courtenay Hyu
Shin Sang-ok
Y
Yuna Shin
Choi Eun-hee
Choi Eun-hee
Self - Actress / Various Roles
M
Michael Yi
Self - US Intelligence Officer
S
Shin Jeong-kyun
Self - Choi and Shin's Son
S
Shin Myung-yim
Self - Choi and Shin's Daughter
C
Choi Kyung-ok
Self - Choi's Brother
I
Iain T. A. Hall
Self - RHK Police Inspector (1975-79)
P
Pierre Rissient
Self - Film Critic
Lee Jang-ho
Self - Filmmaker
D
David Straub
Self - US SD Officer (1984-86)
J
Jang Jin-sun
Self - Kim's Former Court Poet
Crew
- Director
- Ross Adam, Robert Cannan
- Writer
- Jim Hession, Robert Cannan, Ross Adam
- Original Music Composer
- Nathan Halpern
- Editor
- Jim Hession
- Producer
- Ross Adam, Robert Cannan, Natasha Dack Ojumu
Details
- Release date
- 2016-09-22
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Japanese, Korean
- Countries
- France, Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Production
- Hellflower Films, Tigerlily Films, Pumpernickel Films, Submarine