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[Werner] Kim Il-sung, the founding father
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Into the Inferno

Kim Il-sung, the founding father of the communist North Korean state, appropriated the...

[Werner]
Kim Il-sung, the founding father of the communist North Korean state, appropriated the myth of the volcano. He established his secret
military headquarters in a forest right here
at the foot of the mountain, thus transferring its power and dynamic
into his revolution

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[Werner] Kim Il-sung, the founding father
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of the communist North Korean state,
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appropriated the myth of the volcano.
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He established his secret military headquarters
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in a forest right here at the foot of the mountain,
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thus transferring its power and dynamic into his revolution.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:58
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Matter of Fact Media,Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,Spring Films

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Movie Summary

An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.
This monument is a gateway to the sacred ground. - Into the Inferno 00:06
This monument is a gateway to the sacred ground.
[Han Myong Il] This group sculpture is about the camping life of the guerillas - Into the Inferno 00:14
[Han Myong Il] This group sculpture is about the camping lif...
You can see there are lady guerrillas - Into the Inferno 00:08
You can see there are lady guerrillas
A guerrilla who is reading a book under the fire. - Into the Inferno 00:06
A guerrilla who is reading a book under the fire.
A little guerrilla is now dreaming about returning back home - Into the Inferno 00:12
A little guerrilla is now dreaming about returning back home
[continues in Korean] - Into the Inferno 00:09
[continues in Korean]
From the 21st of July, 1979, - Into the Inferno 00:17
From the 21st of July, 1979,
[speaking Korean] - Into the Inferno 00:08
[speaking Korean]
And a little further up, we have the lake number three. - Into the Inferno 00:05
And a little further up, we have the lake number three.
When our great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong-il came here in March, 2003, - Into the Inferno 00:11
When our great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong-il came here in...
[woman speaking Korean] - Into the Inferno 00:09
[woman speaking Korean]
The mural painting represents the great leader President Kim Il-sung - Into the Inferno 00:13
The mural painting represents the great leader President Kim...
[Werner] And here, the secret log cabin of Kim Il-sung. - Into the Inferno 00:41
[Werner] And here, the secret log cabin of Kim Il-sung.
The propaganda appears to create a quasi-religious experience. - Into the Inferno 00:07
The propaganda appears to create a quasi-religious experienc...
[Han Myong Il] Actually, the life in the secret camp in those days - Into the Inferno 00:09
[Han Myong Il] Actually, the life in the secret camp in thos...
That is why the guerrilla soldiers, collected their pad wads - Into the Inferno 00:14
That is why the guerrilla soldiers, collected their pad wads
[Werner] The birthplace of the socialist revolution - Into the Inferno 00:39
[Werner] The birthplace of the socialist revolution
Here, the rising sun over the landscape of Mount Paektu. - Into the Inferno 00:08
Here, the rising sun over the landscape of Mount Paektu.
And here, father and son of the revolution. - Into the Inferno 00:16
And here, father and son of the revolution.
But in all this display of the masses, - Into the Inferno 00:09
But in all this display of the masses,