North Korea: The Parade
1989 · 60 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 276 VOTES · DIR. Andrzej Fidyk
Overview
Defilada was made on the occasion of the 40th anniversary celebrations of state's founding in North Korea, which the regime intended to use to eclipse the 1988 Summer Olympics taking place that year in Seoul, South Korea. The North Korean regime invited filmmakers from countries then considered friendly (read: Communist), including People's Republic of Poland, which sent a team under Andrzej Fidyk. The documentary is primarily composed of declarative statements, as well as texts of North Korean newspapers and books. There was no author's commentary. Fidyk commented that he and his team were likely “the most disciplined” foreign team of filmmakers in North Korea, as they did not trouble the regime by looking under the surface - they were content with what they were given and asked to do. (Wikipedia)
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00:00:07 — This is the monument to Great Leader, comrade Kim Il-Sung
00:01:04 The one, who carries the fate of entire nation on his shoulders
00:02:14 who just serves the capitalists as they please
00:08:23 of respectable Great Leader, comrade Kim Il-Sung
00:09:28 To these patriotic lessons he took also his friends
00:12:17 Once upon a time, the Dear Leader received a message
00:13:26 This is the book "The Leader of People"
00:15:25 The array of books presents the Dear Leader
00:18:22 and the childhood of the Dear Leader
00:23:49 expressing his love and solicitude
00:25:02 The pupils also have lessons of ideology
00:30:21 are becoming diamonds today in Korea
00:31:23 Who is the unmatched patriot of all ages?
00:32:29 On August 19th 1973, the Great Leader stood here
00:37:04 it is one of two temples in our capital of 2 million
00:38:28 These gifts, the proud of our nation
00:43:50 Countless foreign guests can try Korean dishes
00:44:46 to pay a pile of gold for it in capitalism
00:45:49 This flame shines even at night because
00:47:03 the monument is decorated with 70 flowers
00:48:25 The artists perform following pieces:
00:53:10 to reinforce the fascist dictatorship
00:54:31 In the past, when the wall wasn't there yet
01:00:03 All texts that weren't direct translation of the interviewed people were taken from Korean books and newspapers
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