The Lovers and the Despot
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In 1978, North Korea's Kim Jong-il kidnaps a South Korean actress and her ex-husband director, forcing them to make films for the regime — until they plot their escape.
Why watch: Kim Jong-il kidnapped two filmmakers and forced them to make 17 films.
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Cast
Paul Courtenay Hyu as Shin Sang-ok
Yuna Shin as Choi Eun-hee
Choi Eun-hee as Self - Actress / Various Roles
Michael Yi as Self - US Intelligence Officer
Shin Jeong-kyun as Self - Choi and Shin's Son
Shin Myung-yim as Self - Choi and Shin's Daughter
Choi Kyung-ok as Self - Choi's Brother
Iain T. A. Hall as Self - RHK Police Inspector (1975-79)
Pierre Rissient as Self - Film Critic
Lee Jang-ho as Self - Filmmaker
David Straub as Self - US SD Officer (1984-86)
Jang Jin-sun as Self - Kim's Former Court Poet
Nishida Tetsuo as Self - Film Critic
Derek Malcolm as Self - Film Critic
Dean S. Robinson as Self - Vienna US Embassy Officer (1985-87)
Crew
Robert Cannan — Director
Ross Adam — Director
Jim Hession — Writer
Robert Cannan — Writer
Ross Adam — Writer
Robert Cannan — Producer
Ross Adam — Producer
Natasha Dack Ojumu — Producer
Sheryl Crown — Executive Producer
Maggie Monteith — Executive Producer
Victoria Steventon — Executive Producer
Cristina Ljungberg — Executive Producer
Lizzie Francke — Executive Producer
Richard Holmes — Executive Producer
Nick Fraser — Executive Producer
Kate Townsend — Executive Producer
Sandra Whipham — Executive Producer
Christoph Jörg — Co-Producer
Femke Wolting — Co-Producer
Bruno Felix — Co-Producer
Jim Hession — Editor
Nathan Halpern — Original Music Composer
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