Social & World Affairs

The Mole: Undercover in North Korea

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A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world’s most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.

This is the story of “The Mole,” an ordinary family man and a former chef from Denmark turned secret agent, and ‘Mr. James,’ a former jet-set cocaine pusher posing as a Scandinavian billionaire.

When Ulrich Larsen aka The Mole enters the international North Korean Friendship Association (KFA), he quickly jumps the organization’s rank and becomes friendly with KFA’s almighty President Alejandro Cao de Benós. When Cao de Benós tells The Mole that he is looking for possible investors into North Korea. The Mole introduces the mysterious “Mr. James” (played by Jim Latrache-Qvortrup), who pretends to be a possible investor. Cao de Benós gets all excited about Mr. James and the possibility of selling drugs and weapons from North Korea, so he arranges for The Mole and Mr. James to travel to North Korea.

Filmed in secrecy over a period of 10 years, THE MOLE is the most disturbing story of the 21st century and will make you wonder if the world will ever be the same again.

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Programme Details

DURATION
1 x 120’ / 2 x 60’
ORIGINAL BROADCASTER
bbc
OTHER BROADCASTERS
DR
NRK
SVT
AVAILABLE IN
HD
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
English