The Red Chapel (2010)
Det røde kapel
Looking for laughs in North Korea?
Two Danish comedians join the director on a trip to North Korea, where they have been allowed access under the pretext of wanting to perform a vaudeville act.
- Date of release
- 2010-12-29
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy, Documentary
- Director
- Mads Brügger
Casting
- Simon Jul Jørgensen — Self
- Jacob Nossell — Self
- Mads Brügger — Self
- Tommy Kent — Self
- Per Pellesen — Self
- Kim Jong-il — Self (archive footage)
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
The Red Chapel is a 2009 Danish documentary film directed by Mads Brügger. It chronicles the visit of Brügger and two Danish comedians who were adopted from South Korea, Jacob Nossell and Simon Jul, to North Korea under the pretense of a small theatre troupe on a cultural exchange. This is also the first time the two comedians have ever visited North Korea. The entire trip is a ruse: the goal of the trio is actually to portray the absurdity of life that they will lead in North Korea. An additional emotional aspect is that Jacob Nossell has spastic paralysis and North Korea has been accused of disposing of disabled people.
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