Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung

Born: April 15, 1912
Died: July 8, 1994
in Mangyongdae, North Korea
Kim Il-sung was the President of North Korea DPRK from 1948 to 1994.

Movies for Kim Il-sung...

Title: Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: TV
In-depth documentary mini-series presenting the rise, rule and fall of communist Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and the way he shaped both Romanian and international history.
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Beyond Utopia
Title: Beyond Utopia
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 23, 2023
Type: Movie
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.
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Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie
Title: Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie
Character: Himself
Released: June 1, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: How to Become a Tyrant
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 9, 2021
Type: TV
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
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North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
Title: North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 18, 2021
Type: Movie
A journey through Kim Jong Un’s past and present to understand the man and the myth who holds North Korea’s uncertain future in his hands.
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Korea, A Hundred Years of War
Title: Korea, A Hundred Years of War
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2020
Type: Movie
A contemporary history of Korea(s) from a unique point of view that embraces the inner history of both South and North Korea in a single narrative.
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Korea: The Never-Ending War
Title: Korea: The Never-Ending War
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences.
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The Lovers and the Despot
Title: The Lovers and the Despot
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: September 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
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The Propaganda Game
Title: The Propaganda Game
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 3, 2015
Type: Movie
North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.
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I Am Sun Mu
Title: I Am Sun Mu
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' - North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and hope for a future united Korea. His hidden identity is nearly compromised when a massive historical exhibit in Beijing is shuttered by Chinese and North Korean authorities.
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Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
Title: Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: September 23, 2015
Type: Movie
A journey through several countries to find those who really know Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, in an attempt to profile a contradictory dictator who seems to rule his nation with both disturbing benevolence and cold cruelty while being worshipped as a living god by his subjects in exalted displays of ridiculous fanaticism.
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Title: Spotlight
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: May 31, 2015
Type: TV
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Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang
Title: Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Dennis Rodman is on a mission. After forging an unlikely friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he wants to improve relations between North Korea and the US by staging a historic basketball game between the two countries. But the North Korean team isn't the only opposition he'll face... Condemned by the NBA and The Whitehouse, and hounded every step of the way by the press, can Dennis keep it together and make the game happen? Or will it go up in a mushroom cloud of smoke? For the first time, discover the true story of what happened when Dennis Rodman took a team of former-NBA players to North Korea and staged the most controversial game of basketball the world has never seen.
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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Title: The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Released: October 29, 2010
Type: Movie
The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.
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Crossing the Line
Title: Crossing the Line
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 16, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1962, a U.S. soldier sent to guard the peace in South Korea deserted his unit, walked across the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to the Cold War enemy, the communist state of North Korea. He became a star of the North Korean propaganda machine, but then disappeared from the face of the earth. Now, after 45 years, the story of James Dresnok, the last American defector in North Korea, is being told for the first time. Crossing the Line follows Dresnok as he recalls his childhood, desertion, and life in the DPRK.
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Always Working Together for the People
Title: Always Working Together for the People
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A documentary highlighting how both Kim il-Sung and Kim Jong-il work for the prosperity of the juche system and North Korean people.
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Blue Days
Title: Blue Days
Released: June 25, 1976
Type: Movie
A woman refuses to give into her fiance's desire that she take a job as a secretary in his father's office. Instead she eventually decides to try to make a life for herself with fatal results.
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Country of Orchards
Title: Country of Orchards
Released: September 9, 1972
Type: Movie
North Korean propaganda film about orchards that yield bigger crops after Kim Il-sung visits. The films was presented as a gift to friendly-minded countries in the world. And expected by the North Korean Culture Ministry to be displayed publicly. Sweden was one of the countries honored by receiving a copy of "Gwasu-ui nara / Country of Orchards".
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President Kim Il Sung Met Foreign Heads of State and Prominent Figures April 1970-December 1975
Title: President Kim Il Sung Met Foreign Heads of State and Prominent Figures April 1970-December 1975
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The film tells the viewers that the President met with over 70,000 heads of party and state and prominent figures from 136 countries from March Juche 38 (1949) till the last moments of his life. It also records the facts that he made 54 official and unofficial visits to 87 countries for 685 days.