The Hermit Kingdom Written and narrated by David Jessel
At the end of the Second
World War, the Allies divided Korea into two, splitting one nation and one culture across the 38th parallel. It has become the tightest, most impenetrable frontier in the world today. The Western press is excluded. Cameraman
Erik Durschmied was granted an unprecedented opportunity to film life in North Korea - a rare look behind this communist curtain.
The people of North Korea live in self-imposed isolation, suspicious of foreign intervention. On the streets of the capital, Pyongyang, you see no cars, no bicycles, few people, only statues of the Great Leader ... the expert in everything.... the towering and legendary figure of Kim II Sung.
Videotape editor JOHN PAROUSSI Producer WENDY STURGESS
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