The Mole: Undercover in North Korea

2020
2h 3m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)

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A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 7 nominations total

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Ulrich Løvenskjold Larsen

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Mads Brügger

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Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez

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Jim Latrache-Qvortrup

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Annie Machon

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Hisham Al-Dasouqi

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Kim Ryong Chol

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Antonio García Ferreras

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Dermot Hudson

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Anders Kristensen

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Otto Warmbier

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Ri Won-Guk

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Director
- Mads Brügger
Writer
- Mads Brügger
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9OostAs

An unbelievable story

A inside look in Nort Korea's desperate attempts to make money on international drug and weapons deals. The lack of scrutiny on the part of the North Korean officials in verifying the identity of the mole and especially the actor makes it hard to believe this really happened. But it seem to be real events that we see unfolding judging on the endless amount of footage of the meetings and Brugger's history of documentary making. It's more thrumming than any Bond movie.

10mf2812

Mind Blowing!

I honestly can't get my head around anyone who thinks this is worthy of anything under 8. Folk saying about bad directorship or anything along those lines are thick as s##t! It's more an expose than a typical documentary but that's because it had so many hidden cameras. What were you expecting? Some beautiful cinematography?! This guy spent 10 years of his life on the line and people are giving it 1 star. Unbelievable. For anyone with half a brain I fully recommend this. Stunning.

10OJT

Amazing stuff, once more Walraff Brügger

Mads Brügger is better than ever when he uses others as walraff mole to uncover the nasty secrets of North Korea and their disiples. I was tied to the screen for every second of this, and if you ever thought that the North Korean regime was up to any good, you'll learn better from this. This is very important work, and kudos to the two moles. Fantastic work, and important work for world human community.

10Bessamo

Reality beats fiction

Once again Mads Brügger demonstrates how reality beats fiction. I the beginning I found it too constructed, with a debriefing and the instructors voice over. But as the story unfolded, I have to agree that the narrated style worked well. Then I just watched in amazement and disbelief.

10nickjackson-40726

I still can't 100% believe that was non fiction

I rarely tend to review on here, and maybe I'll reflect on this review having posted during yet another moment of midweek lockdown malaise, but my initial reaction is that I can't recall ever watching a documentary with such a mixture of incredulity and respect for the 2 protagonists. Apart from them demonstrating serious cohones, the director has produced an important 2 hours, during which I sat mostly open mouthed.