The Lovers and the Despot

1h 38m

Documentary History

6.9

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

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)

Crew

Ross Adam

Director, Writer, Producer

Robert Cannan

Director, Writer, Producer

Jim Hession

Writer, Editor

Victoria Chalk

Co-Editor

Milka Pavlicevic

Commissioning Editor

Martin Pieper

Commissioning Editor

Oscar van der Kroon

Commissioning Editor

Axel Arnö

Commissioning Editor

Nick Fraser

Executive Producer

Lizzie Francke

Executive Producer

Sheryl Crown

Executive Producer

Sandra Whipham

Executive Producer

Maggie Monteith

Executive Producer

Cristina Ljungberg

Executive Producer

Kate Townsend

Executive Producer

Victoria Steventon

Executive Producer

Richard Holmes

Executive Producer

Natasha Dack Ojumu

Producer

Nikki Parrott

Associate Producer

Femke Wolting

Co-Producer

Christoph Jörg

Co-Producer

Bruno Felix

Co-Producer

Alastair Sirkett

Sound Designer

Simon Hill

Sound Mixer

Nathan Halpern

Original Music Composer

Connie Farr

Music Supervisor

Aminé Ramer

Music Supervisor

Chavala Madlena

Researcher