The Lovers and the Despot
They were kidnapped by their biggest fan
2016 | 98m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Robert Cannan, Ross Adam |
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| Writer: | Robert Cannan, Ross Adam, Jim Hession |
| Staring: |
| Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 22, 2016 |
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| Director: | Robert Cannan, Ross Adam |
| Writer: | Robert Cannan, Ross Adam, Jim Hession |
| Genres: | History, Documentary |
| Keywords | movie business, 1970s, kidnapping, cinema on cinema, dictatorship, hong kong, docudrama, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, communism, communist propaganda, 1980s, portrait of a filmmaker, north korea, inter-korean relations |
| Production Companies | Submarine, Tigerlily Films, Pumpernickel Films, Hellflower Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Courtenay Hyu | Shin Sang-ok |
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nathan Halpern | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Cannan | Writer, Director |
| Ross Adam | Writer, Director |
| Jim Hession | Writer, Editor |
| Alastair Sirkett | Sound Designer |
| Aminé Ramer | Music Supervisor |
| Connie Farr | Music Supervisor |
| Victoria Chalk | Co-Editor |
| Martin Pieper | Commissioning Editor |
| Milka Pavlicevic | Commissioning Editor |
| Oscar van der Kroon | Commissioning Editor |
| Axel Arnö | Commissioning Editor |
| Chavala Madlena | Researcher |
| Simon Hill | Sound Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bruno Felix | Co-Producer |
| Femke Wolting | Co-Producer |
| 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 |
| Nikki Parrott | Associate Producer |
| Christoph Jörg | Co-Producer |
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