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Napalm (2017)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Claude Lanzmann

Synopsis

Napalm is the story of the breathtaking and brief encounter, in 1958, between a French member of the first Western European delegation officially invited to North Korea after the devastating Korean war and a nurse working for the Korean Red Cross hospital, in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Actors

Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann
Himself

Crews

Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann
Director
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann
Writer
François Margolin
François Margolin
Producer
Chantal Hymans
Chantal Hymans
Editor
Caroline Champetier
Caroline Champetier
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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