“Without watching ‘Nation and Destiny,’ you cannot understand North Korean cinema and the North Korean soul!”

I heard this admonition from several distinguished North Korean actors when, in 2014, I interviewed them on the subject of North Korean films.

We discussed many films and actors, yet they all agreed that in order to understand the spirit of the DPRK, I must watch one of the core classics of North Korean cinema: “Nation and Destiny.” 

This serial, produced between 1991 and 2002, consists of more than 100 episodes, and my interviewees recommended that I watch them all