Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line

7.2

1 hr 34 min

2006-10-16

20

In 1962, a U.S. soldier sent to guard the peace in South Korea deserted his unit, walked across the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to the Cold War enemy, the communist state of North Korea. He became a star of the North Korean propaganda machine, but then disappeared from the face of the earth. Now, after 45 years, the story of James Dresnok, the last American defector in North Korea, is being told for the first time. Crossing the Line follows Dresnok as he recalls his childhood, desertion, and life in the DPRK.

Documentary

Trailers

Characters

James Dresnok

James Dresnok

Himself

Charles Robert Jenkins

Charles Robert Jenkins

Himself

Christian Slater

Christian Slater

Narrator

Bruce Cumings

Bruce Cumings

Self

Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung

Self (archive footage)

Similar Movies

PAN MUN JOM, You have never seen

2021-09-09

Homes Apart: Korea

1991-01-02

The Trap of Kim

2018-02-06

A State of Mind

2005-08-10

The Red Princess

2022-04-04

Beyond Utopia

2023-10-23

North Korea: A Day in the Life

2004-01-01

North Korea's Secret Slaves: Dollar Heroes

2018-10-27

Pyongyang in Four Seasons

1994-01-05

Under the Sun

2015-10-30

Dans la peau de Kim Jong-Un

2015-05-19

Hana, dul, sed

2009-10-09

North Korea: All the Dictator's Men

2018-05-23

The Lovers and the Despot

2016-09-22

Kimjongilia

2009-01-18

The Land of Frogs

2023-09-17

The Front Line of Ideology

2024-06-19

North Korea; Off-Piste

2017-05-13

Korea, A Hundred Years of War

2020-06-11

Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang

2015-01-25