# The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)

> An audacious undercover documentary follows an unlikely team infiltrating North Korea’s alleged weapons-and-drugs network while the line between investigation and reckless entrapment grows perilously thin.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/532615

## Facts

- Runtime: 123 min
- Genres: Documentary
- Director: Mads Brügger
- Cast: Mads Brügger, Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez, Ulrich Løvenskjold Larsen, Jim Latrache-Qvortrup, Annie Machon, Hisham Al-Dasouqi, Kim Ryong Chol, Anders Kristensen
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13243898/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: nerve-racking, absurd, paranoid, documentary night, political thriller night

## Synopsis

An undercover mission into the heart of darkness reveals shocking truths about a brutal regime.

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