Welcome to North Korea!

2009Movie1 h 16 min

59
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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?

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Produced by
Milan Kuchynka
Music by
Ivan Horák

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February 26, 2009 · 1 h 16 min · Documentary

Released
February 26, 2009
Runtime
1 h 16 min
Genres
Documentary
Original language
Czech
Made in
Czechia
Available in
77 countries

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Where can I stream Welcome to North Korea!?

In the United States, Welcome to North Korea! streams on GuideDoc and DocAlliance Films. You can rent or buy it from DocAlliance Films. It also streams in 76 other countries.

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59
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 59 (IMDb 6.4).

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Czech

No, it was made in Czech.