A Postcard from Pyongyang - Traveling through North Korea secretly filming (Documentary, 2019)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Filmmakers Gregor Möllers and Anne Lewald visit North Korea in 2013 for the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War and again in 2017 for the Pyongyang Marathon as foreign tourists. Using secret recordings, they register their impressions of the notoriously closed country’s propaganda and their interactions with its people.
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Shot during two trips to North Korea in 2013 and 2017, filmmakers Gregor Möllers and Anne Lewald provide a rare glimpse of change in the notoriously closed country. As foreign tourists, they are not allowed autonomy or spontaneity, and their itinerary is arranged for them in advance by guides who chaperone them everywhere. Despite these limitations the Berliners find a way to register their impressions of a city lacking authenticity, a country longing for reunification and a people shaped by Juche beliefs and socialist propaganda. In a society steeped in obfuscation and spectacle, where deception is necessary for perception and expression, the filmmakers themselves must play a double role, secretly recording without permission while also genuinely relating to their hosts. By blending travelogue and espionage, A POSTCARD FROM PYONGYANG captures what happens when you rely solely on what you see, not what you’re told, and reveals what Kim Jong-Un’s regime doesn’t want foreigners to see… reality.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHIES
Gregor Möllers is a filmmaker, producer and editor. With his Berlin-based film production company EASYdoesit GmbH, he has been producing music videos and commercials for international musicians and brands for over six years.
Anne Lewald is an art and cultural scientist and M.A. scenographer with a focus on scenic staging in space. As concept and art director, she has been responsible for the creative and conceptual development of film and video productions as well as international exhibitions for several years. She is responsible for the script and direction of A POSTCARD FROM PYONGYANG. A POSTCARD FROM PYONGYANG is their first documentary.
CREDITS
A film by Gregor Möllers & Anne Lewald
with Philipp Kist, Dr. - Ing. Philipp Meuser, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Frank
Camera, Edit & Production: Gregor Möllers
Script & Direction: Anne Lewald
Producer: Gregor Möllers
Director of Photography: Gregor Möllers
Camera Interviews Europe: Fabian Uhlmann
Sounddesign: Christoph Schwarzer
Sound Recording: Gregor Möllers
Composed by Cecil Remmler, Paul NZA, Marek Pompetzki, Sonu Lal, Kenji451, Valentin Hansen
Titeldesign: Chehad Abdallah
Animationdesign: Andreas Hofstetter
Translation: Bregan Koenigseker
Grading: Johannes Röckl (Arri Media)
Co-production Company: EASYdoesit GmbH
Again, why do you put the poor guides in a tough spot knowing they can't tell you anything politically incorrect? I've seen it from many Western documentaries and it's completely inconsiderate, knowing the nature of the regime.
Well said. It's so disappointing watching westerners try to trap or twist a word or two out of the guides, thinking it will embarrass the regime. Guys, those people are just the bottom of the food chain and will probably end up in jail themselves, or worse, for saying or even hinting at the wrong thing.
" can we get some breakfast?"
" no"
Typical North Korean Breakfast
I’ve never seen a traffic jam in all my years of seeing North Korea footage, basically the opposite of one. Such a strange, insulated world.
to be fair they show the few western journalists who have entered North Korea, what they want people to see of North Korea but I've always wanted to visit just for fun one day
I mean only elite class gets to live in Pyongyang, so it's not strange for people to own vehicles there
The way the gov been talking about them being so poor, that you never seen any cars on the roads in Pyongyang , then this video shows definitely a little traffic (was it Pyongyang?) (I don’t no cause I never been there.) I was kinda shocked to see as many on the roads there,
@@BigDaddy-vr2ut yes its Pyongyang. Basically the only place that has cars. There are a lot of foreigners that actually live there from south east to eastern asian countries.
@@jamesonvazquez8510 if you’re American we are not allowed to go, because of the Otto Warmbier situation.
The guide speaks German very, very well. He knows lots of technical terms, terms that are completely correct but wouldn't come to my mind unless I hear them because they are not spoken so often. Really fascinating. Hope he didn't get into trouble.
They could’ve censored their faces Atleast I’m really worried for them
@@zodiacUNDsyndicat true
Honestly, it was legitimately refreshing to see someone from North Korea say that the issue isn't with the American people... its with our American government. And guess what? Most Americans are sick of our government too.
Amen, it's amazing to me the Democrat party talks about being the most unifying side of politics and since they took the presidency they have been the most divisive in years, calling people bigots and racist in every breath, saying that white supremacy is the root of all problems in America, no Big Government is the worst problem America has, people in the United States have common sense and we know what is right and what is wrong, and division amongst ourselves is not the best policy to have, atleast during the Trump Presidency daily things in our lives was affordable and not outrageous and a half buggy of groceries didn't cost 300 plus dollars for basic necessities. Sorry for going all political and stuff on your comment I do apologize. The division and hate the news is spewing just really gets under my skin you know lol have a great weekend.
Nếu chán chính phủ Mỹ nên xây dựng chính phủ như Bắc triều để cho dân biết đói khổ mất tự do nó như thế nào!!! Đúng là tư duy của những con lợn sướng quá hóa rồ !!!
Yeah, well, at least we can say so. Although the statement itself is thankfully something to be held in common.
Id much rather have the us government than what North Korea has
@@Tryharder69420 Water is wet. Thanks for stating the obvious.
When you guys ask questions to North Koreans have you considered that they may get punished for voicing their opinions the documentary is good but getting people in trouble is wrong especially just for a views
Exactly
That's just a rumour, no proof they would actually be punished.
I agree, i'm worried for the guide he didn't even know he is being filmed. Ofcourse i'm not saying the tourist wrong. BUT i'm just really worried about the tour guide and he didn't even get face censored
On one hand, I don't think its just for views. Its also for informational purposes. On the other hand, I feel the same way when it comes to feeling bad for the possible and somewhat likely punishment to come. The one mistake I think they made was not censoring their faces or changing their voices using a software that makes them sound like a robot or something. Sorry for the long comment 😅
@@pianisti4562 rumor *****
Beware of BUGGING devices in their hotels. Especially the lamps.
I heard through the Grapevine that North Korea is looking for you I'm just going by what I heard
The whole place is bugged man
Other than the mistreatment of its citizens does anyone agree with how the country is ran with basically a king in charge seems like they live how most countries were ran centuries ago. I'm not advocating for them I'm just curious on some other people's take on this
It's WILD how brain washed they are. Hearing her talk about the war and crushing the US and 15 other countries all at once.... She seems so sweet and kind too....that's sad
Nu sunt deloc spălați pe creier, ați văzut cumva crime în Coreea de Nord precum exista în SUA???
SUA vor să domine lumea și să o asuprească cu taxe sub pălăria democrației și a liberei exprimări, în schimb acolo oamenii sunt civilizați și devotați țării lor!
There are people here in the USA that are just as brain washed. The problem with both countries is the internet. The lack of in North Korea, and the abundance of grifters on social media here in the USA.
It’s not entirely untrue, the Allies didn’t win that war
No one won it was pretty much a stalemate with South Korea only getting a bit more land then it originally had.
U are also brainwashed 😂😂
Technically speaking the Korean war Never Ended
The war tour English speaker gal was very very sweet, I feel so bad she works so hard to speak english and communicate with foreigners only to be forced to say all these things and not be able to be herself
How do you know that?
I don't believe for one second that their brainwashed. They are not that stupid. They just can't say at all what they really want to say in front of the camera
They know very well when to "perform", what subjects to avoid, with whom can you speak more freely, etc. Bread and butter of living in a totalitarian state.
In the year 2950 - North Korea: we still have the best revolutionary army in the world!
How long have your revolution been going?
North Korea: For 1000 years!! We are still revolutioning!
28:20 Funny how german lecturer says about leaders monuments as the "statuen der führer". Sounds tragicomic.
I have to say of many of the reports on north korea, this one is among the best. It gets straight to the point, shows us the country without judging it too harshly.
Any government that tyrannical deserves harsh judgment
Right, wouldn’t want to judge tyranny too strongly
@@gregorcutt1199 tyrannical? Kim Jong Un has less parlament power then the US president, his power is most of the military beacause they have the songun law "military first". Do you remenber when Kim jong il died and they staid almost one year without a great leader, that's because it was ocorring a election :). There are a lot of contraditions in the regime, the cult of personality is one of it, but that is cultural (and not even local, did you see what happend when Elizabeth died?), and more then undestandible when the country is on armstice and suffer a seizure of the biggest imperialist country in the world.
@@gregorcutt1199 You live in a democracy when there is just two partys, and they both falow the same line of political economics, very good...
А кто ты такой что бы осуждать слишком строго или не слишком. Ваши страны могут сыто жить только при условии что кто то будет жить плохо. Вы это называете словом демократия.
Danke für den Einblick. Man spürt förmlich die Sehnsucht und Neugier eurer Guides und der Menschen, mit denen ihr euch da unterhalten habt. Auf der einen Seite sind alle systemtreu, auf der anderen Seite dann doch neugierig auf die Welt da draußen. Unterm Strich scheinen die Menschen dort eben das Beste aus ihrer Situation zu machen und ihr Leben zu leben, wie überall auf der Welt. Zeigt mal wieder, wir sind alle nur Menschen und unterscheiden uns nicht.
He said their subway has propaganda to their leader instead of advertising posters. But our subway has propaganda to our leader, too - the almighty $.
Super Film.
Ihr habt euch echt Mühe gegeben und das Ganze mit der Musik, den variierenden Kameraaufnahmen, den Erklärungen und Kommentaren, sowie der Interviews der Professoren auf ein professionelles Niveau angehoben. Eure Film sollte entweder komplett oder als Zweiteiler im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt werden.
frightening for the guides. I hope none of them lost their lives due to their statements to these German "tourists." There might have been real consequences to those left behind. Obviously, this is an incredible video. So rare---my first extended look at N Korea.
Hi German tourist. Did you visit South Korea as well. Some of your comments about alleged tension and words not said in your interaction with north koreans, is typical of a westerner who has never interacted with the Korean culture also in the south. You have presumptively misjudged what you thought was north korean regime associated behavior when it was just your own culture shock with all Koreans including South Koreans. I am very familiar with South Koreans and have lived along side them in daily life so i picked up immediately on your misinterpretation.
Ok now I’ve been fascinated with DPRk for over a decade and I’ve seen a lot. Seems like in the last 2-3 years, the amount of content trickling out of there is exponentially increased. This I believe will be and has been the catalyst to the downfall. I have seen loads of content and not much changes. You get an idea about what they believe And the generic things they regurgitate because , they gotta eat too.
But I would NEVER have guessed to see the woman in the green shirt admit the higher living standards in the south. That was incredible. Like even though she didn’t know they were filming, I just thought statements like that were trained even out of the thought process because of the consequences of being associated with such a comment. Unbelievably cool documentary.
That part was super interesting! She was able to explain that she is not naive to the realities of the world, but in light of that, she expressed why they are proud of who they are. It was eye-opening to hear that perspective I'd assume many of them are afraid to say. She told the truth of why she loves her country because she is a real patriot.
That was totally unexpected and a little shocking to hear from the mouth of a North Korean... But she and her whole family are probably dead now, for saying that.
Looks pretty cool too me
Awesome video, very hard to read subtitles often but I still love it. Thank you
but what is the problem of the word with them....i heard the other day a Russian philosopher saying that "true does not exist because true is only what most of the people agree...so if they all agree them that their true and should be let alone
Die beste Doku über Nordkorea welche ich gesehen habe! Super!
The internet: north koreans are to poor to afford a car meanwhile in pyonyang:
The great film on that channel again!
The fashion is like living in 1970s to 1980ish....so outdated architecture also.
All soviet like
I have to say. I thought there would be less cars on the road the way the us government has been preaching about how everyone is poor there and can’t afford a car. And all that other stuff.
the white subtitles on the light background was a poor editing choice
Too bad the subtitles, when on white background. great movie though. Glad you guys made it out safe
What a clean, tidy and well organized city is Pyongyang. Seoul is such a shithole full of graffiti, dirty, smelly, rundown.
Welcome to Soviet Union, circa 1950's
Richtig schön die Stelle wo er mit den Studenten Deutsch redet
So glad I’m not the only person obsessed with North Korea! I can watch documentaries about it all day and really want to visit though I’m absolutely shit scared I’d say or do something wrong and get murdered lol.
Best ever documentary about North Korea Congratulations!
Absolutely amazing documentary!
Stunning documentary!!! An absolute must see!
45:58 What's up Baby Cakes, say you lose the rifle and we go get a drink somewhere private.
This is a very good documentary without the drama most other documentaries emphasise
I find the conversation about unifying and the optimism that a "one country, two systems" government could work quite uplifting. He genuinely wants to peacefully coexist and it just as much a victim of the system as a South Korean in a lot of ways. I think on paper it could work but the North would have to clean it's act up in terms of bringing basic Human Rights issues up to speed with the West if they were to coexist. It could be done...doubtful in my lifetime.
Indeed I got a very positive view of North Koreans from this...how ironic one stated the issue is not with Americans but the government, I got the same inkling from this as well...
"We smash it"
LMAO
First of, can anyone give me the name of the intro, I tried to shazam it and no success.
I heard directly from north koreans, after some north korean's talked about their own government (in bad way). The next day the person who talked about it always went missing, and no one knows what happen to them up till now. All i'm saying, this video can be dangerous for north korean's citizen who give information through this video. North koreans full of eyes. Cause some people put faith in their own government but some people don't. You can see through the video, the guides 1 and 2 didn't really feel comfortable around each other while talking about government with tourist. Its different when guide 1 talking alone with the tourist about government (he feel more at ease). Cause i know they as (north koreans) can't trust each other. Like i said full of eyes.
This was absolutely amazing, after reading a few defector books I am really worried for those poor guides. There will probably be serious consequences for them and their families after this :-(
I was wondering exactly the same thing, as I was watching the video. Anyway, it's an amazing job those guys accomplished there! Congrats!
keep reading propaganda
@@redpipola ur delusional if you think people who literally escaped from north korea would be lying about shit like this
@@redpipola What side are you on lmao
@@ThePandaKingFTW the logical one
have to agree with most comments, i watched quite a few travel reports from north korea.
that was for my taste the best and most interesting one.
even it was the longest so far, i would have watched it much longer
I am still amazed that these videos do not seem to make any effort to disguise the people they interview..I am wondering how much trouble these people would be in with their government if they inadvertently said the wrong thing..my guess is the North Korean security monitors these videos..
He's only allowed to go where the guide will let him go. So they know even if he's secretly filming he's not filming anything they haven't already pre-approved for them to see for the most part
@@TheAnnoyingBoss Are you saying that the people he is interviewing are actually staged actors working for the government and therefore will not see any repercussions for what they say? If that is the case and their families and the actors are not in real danger and I guess no need to disguise.
The best documentary I've seen in awhile
This is way before the pandemic. If this was three months ago then, Pyongyang for sure would’ve had a lot of snow
Thanks to bloggers, we can see the world, and the world of ordinary people can make us see happiness more intuitively.
That country looks very depressing to me
Because it's very depressing.
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@@Ayanfarah-k9x Nein
@@Ayanfarah-k9x😂😂😂
A man should only bow to God Almighty and NOT to these metallic sculptors of Modern Pharaohs.
want to see..its fascinating by ugly
Wundervolle, ehrliche Doku. Die Deutschstudenten sind schon sympathisch, abnormal in 6 Monaten so schnell Deutsch zu lernen. Hoffe nur das es kein Arbeitslager für die Guides gibt, man weiß ja nie bei Nordkorea...
I love girls in uniform
Great film, glad it popped up in my feed!
I wonder how many of those people and to what degree have the thoughts of “what if this is all BS and North Korea isn’t really the best country in the world and Kim isn’t a perfect being”.
All of them . They are just scared to preach it
Interessante Doku, großen Respekt an dich, dass du trotz Magen - Darm Probleme den Marathon geschafft hast 👍
It is often said by highly brainwashed westerners that North Koreans must be forced to smile. This is not so, these performing children and teenagers are truly happy, a face that naturally and often smiles happily shows a beautiful smile. A face forced to smile for others cannot look like this. The hardest for Westerners like us is not to keep pretending that it is all a propaganda show but that it is a social way of life where discipline and selfless living can bring a happiness of an order that we are surprised to discover and that questions the selfish, individualist, rat race, capitalism of the west. We even get angry that we cannot easily show the shortcoming of a social republic because it would mean we have been brainwashed by western media for decades and that is upsetting to recognize for most westerners. They'd rather insult or mock NK than recognize they are victim of propaganda in the West. But just look at all the NK in this video not one of them is mean or looking down at you. Can you say as much from people from your country ? Not at all.
Thank u Mr bot
@@ericberryman6735 yeah you're exactly the brainwashed angry people in denial i speak about in my last paragraph.
Wie geil ist dieses Video bitte?
Thanks guys!
Thanks Gregor Möllers & Anne Lewald. That was really interesting to watch from the beginning till the end.
Ein wirklich interessanter und guter Reisebericht.
German? It's really pretty
Even the flowers love the leaders and government. Mr. Orwell would understand. Very informative video. Thank you.
10:03 wow that guy in black suit is handsome
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Great. Nice. Greetings from Poland.
The music in this video is stellar, just grooving the entire time.
The funky music only plays during the intro apparently
Tried searching this and nothing. Sure this is correct thanks
@@stevedarkes632me too. Sounds like a remix track of a Barry White number
Good job. Complimenti. Saluti dall'Italia
I'm glad to see things are improving there. I really hope this country becomes more normal in the future. Thank you for producing this video, very very interesting. Now try getting into Eritrea. 🙂
Things are not improving there. This type of thing is all very pre-arranged and staged by the government to try to convey to the outside world that things are normal there. Trust me when I say I’ve watched enough documentaries and videos on North Korea to know things aren’t well. Watch the Vice News pieces. Every outsider is assigned handlers to lie to them, keep them on a strict regimen, keep them from going out on their own, and to be taken to places that seem “normal”. I’ll never forget when these journalists were taken into a so called “computer class/lab” and it was like 40 people all sitting in front of computers with the google Home Screen and they were all sitting there pretending to be working on stuff and typing. And they weren’t doing jack shit. It was so BIZARRE. Look, when people are risking their lives running through razor wire and machine gun fire to get across to South Korea, you know it’s bad. Some people have tried to plow their way through in cars. One guy was shot a bunch of times but still made it. And we’re taking about trying to get OUT of their country. They aren’t stopped by South Korea. If they can make it across alive they are welcomed as asylum seekers. It reminds me of those videos you may have seen of people trying to flee East Germany into west and being gunned down for “escaping”.
@@JohnnyNiteTrain oh okay, i have seen all of those documentaries and assumed this was the African version of the Korean debacle. Do you know who funds their dictatorship? With North Korea obviously it’s the Chinese? Same with any old Soviet country like Belarus from Russia. This seems like a different situation though, right?
Really enjoyed this. Well done Gregor and Anne.
Here is a question,,, it may sound stupid but,,, what about church,,, do they believe in God or just Kim
they believe in juche,
as we believe in capitalism,
Todesmutig 🔥💯👍🏻
I'm in 2024... To watch This Video. Inspire by South Korean Webseries " Crash Land On you 2019" . Love From India 🇮🇳.
I am not supporter of N.Korea and I am against what has been happening there, in fact they are not a real communist country, but only a real dictatorship country and I am really tired of so many western reports about N.Korea.... I am sure there are many countries and leaders in the world which are even much worse than N.Korea. If the RUclips is really free why don't they show other bad countries and bad leaders?
I remember a couple of days ago I wrote a similar criticism but RUclips but they didn't print it.... If you are really a free organization, why don't you show anything about "Guantanamo Bay Prison" which is located in Cuba but US has rented it from Cuba and is run & belongs to the US? All prisoners in this prison are arrested randomly and kept without any trials and live there under the worst conditions.
This prison is located there because US wants to be away from any legal or foreign criticism or investigations against them... I wonder what is happened in justice & freedom in this country!? If US is criticizing other countries, at first we should correct ourselves and not to fool other people.... (If RUclips really loves its country & freedom, I hope they don’t delete this one).
Its even sadder when these people that live here know that they just can’t get out of this country.
I’ll be spending my honeymoon in the DPRK… or should I go to Fiji😂
the flower of Kim Il Sungia was originally a gift from our founding fathers Soekarno for Kim Il Sung. it's symbol of our diplomatic relationship between Indonesia and DPRK.
Amazed at how he pronounced Pyongyang correctly
The openIn g music was really good!! This is obviously a German documentary?? Still good! I wish it had sub titles!!
Richtig gut und richtig crazy ❤️
I mean No strip clubs
How the hell they filmed secretly. The qualityis very good wich means a dslr or better as well as zoom lens and No shakyiness. Wow. 👏 bravo❤
After your hosts asked not to film, you still went ahead and filmed them secretly. That's a plain act of haramzadgy.
ich liebe wie sauber schaut NK
Does anyone care if anybody there was in serious trouble because of u filming secretly??? U don t care it s all about making the video
Can you tell me who plays and sings the lead music at the beginning please. Thank you
I can't believe these guys got all the way into Pyongyang, INTO North Korea, and DIDN'T know about the damn traveling cage they were going to be dealing with.
I have ZERO interest in going there BECAUSE I know of these things simply with a little bit of browsing on the net. WTF???
Can someone tell me the song thats in the very beginning?
Wie heisst der Song am Anfang während eurer Zugreise?
US LuftWaffen - I love this film)
Dictatura😢im very sad and angry! that are people who live like this!
Can you be gay in North Korea? Asking for a weird friend of mine....
YAY for Communism lol 😆 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
Best North Korea documentation I have seen, well done !!!
Amazed at how he pronounced Pyongyang correctly
Eine Land wo nur 1 person Dick 😂😂😂
nice 1970's funky jam music at beginning.
Why would anyone want to go to North Korea?
Danke für euren Mut das alles aufzunehmen! Toll!