![The Lovers and the Despot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/sHrGyxpPL6rsJpPY9qz7GZ3qjqA.jpg)
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.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Hellflower Films, Tigerlily Films, Pumpernickel Films, Submarine
- Keyword: cinema on cinema, kidnapping, movie business, 1970s, dictatorship, hong kong, docudrama, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, communism, communist propaganda, 1980s, portrait of a filmmaker, north korea, inter-korean relations
- Cast: Paul Courtenay Hyu, Yuna Shin, 최은희, Michael Yi, Shin Jeong-kyun, Shin Myung-yim