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The Lovers and the Despot

Release Year
2016
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Documentary
History
Directed By
Ross Adam
The Lovers and the Despot

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

Cast & Crew

Cast

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)

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)

Yuna Shin

Choi Eun-hee

Crew

Ross Adam

Director

Jim Hession

Editor

Ross Adam

Producer

Jim Hession

Writer

Ross Adam

Writer

Connie Farr

Music Supervisor

Milka Pavlicevic

Commissioning Editor

Victoria Steventon

Executive Producer

Cristina Ljungberg

Executive Producer

Chavala Madlena

Researcher

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