
Crossing the Line
7.520061h 34mDocumentary
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.
Actors
James Dresnok
Himself
Charles Robert Jenkins
Himself

Christian Slater
Narrator
Bruce Cumings
Self

Kim Il-sung
Self (archive footage)
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