Documentary.In its catalogue, a Czech travel agency offers a "journey into the unknown", a tour of North Korea. That spring was the second time since 1990 that a group of Czech tourists set foot in the DPRK. The film follows twenty-seven Czechs who have decided to spend approximately 2,600 Euros on a sightseeing tour of a country which cultivates a cult of personality, maintains concentration camps for its citizens and doesn't hide its development of nuclear weapons. Foreign visitors are only allowed a view of a carefully prepared illusion, thoroughly supervised by "guides". What is more, the North Korean system is starkly reminiscent of our own past. Which emotions do our travellers experience: sympathy, nostalgia or, in contrast, happiness that "we already have this behind us"? How does a Czech person, after being accustomed to eighteen years of freedom and democracy, come to terms with the directives and restrictions of a totalitarian system?
Title | Welcome to North Korea! |
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Year | 2009 |
Genre | Documentary |
Country | Czech Republic |
Studio | Negativ, HBO Česká republika |
Cast | |
Crew | Linda Kallistová Jablonská (Director), Linda Kallistová Jablonská (Camera Operator), Linda Kallistová Jablonská (Screenplay), Jan Gogola ml. (Dramaturgy), David Cysař (Camera Operator), Milan Kuchynka (Producer) |
Release | Feb 26, 2009 |
Runtime | 76 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 5.30 / 10 by 8 users |
Popularity | 1 |