Hong Kong, 1978. De Zuid-Koreaanse actrice Choi Eun-hee wordt ontvoerd door Noord-Koreaanse agenten op bevel van dictator Kim Jong-il.
Nee, helaas is The Lovers and the Despot nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Ross Adam | Director |
| Directing | Robert Cannan | Director |
| Production | Ross Adam | Producer |
| Editing | Jim Hession | Editor |
| Production | Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Cannan | Producer |
| Production | Lizzie Francke | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Connie Farr | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Aminé Ramer | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Sheryl Crown | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sandra Whipham | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Alastair Sirkett | Sound Designer |
| Production | Femke Wolting | Co-Producer |
| Production | Maggie Monteith | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cristina Ljungberg | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Nathan Halpern | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Milka Pavlicevic | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Martin Pieper | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Natasha Dack Ojumu | Producer |
| Production | Kate Townsend | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Oscar van der Kroon | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Victoria Steventon | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Victoria Chalk | Co-Editor |
| Production | Christoph Jörg | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nikki Parrott | Associate Producer |
| Production | Richard Holmes | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bruno Felix | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Axel Arnö | Commissioning Editor |
| Sound | Simon Hill | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Jim Hession | Writer |
| Writing | Robert Cannan | Writer |
| Writing | Ross Adam | Writer |
| Production | Chavala Madlena | Researcher |