The Lovers and the Despot

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)

Ross Adam

Director, Producer, Writer

Robert Cannan

Director, Producer, Writer

Jim Hession

Editor, Writer

Nick Fraser

Executive Producer

Lizzie Francke

Executive Producer

Sheryl Crown

Executive Producer

Sandra Whipham

Executive Producer

Maggie Monteith

Executive Producer

Cristina Ljungberg

Executive Producer

Nathan Halpern

Original Music Composer

Natasha Dack Ojumu

Producer

Kate Townsend

Executive Producer

Victoria Steventon

Executive Producer

Richard Holmes

Executive Producer