South Korea Synopsis
Shin Dong-Huyk was born on November 19, 1983 as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp. He was a child of two prisoners who had been married by order of the wardens. He spent his entire childhood and youth in Camp 14, in fact a death camp. He was forced to labor since he was six years old and suffered from hunger, beatings and torture, always at the mercy of the wardens. He knew nothing about the world outside the barbed-wire fences. At the age of 23, with the help of an older prisoner, he managed to escape. For months he traveled through North Korea and China and finally to South Korea, where he encountered a world completely strange to him.
The 2011–2013 South Korea Window
Camp 14: Total Control Zone holds position #97 of 157 South Korea films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Camp 14: Total Control Zone premiered alongside 53 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 53 other South Korea films in 2012.
The 520th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
23 audience reviews — more than 47% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 4th percentile among South Korea films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #920 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (34th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Documentary productions specifically: #19 of 20 (top 95%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | South Korea, Germany |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean |
| Production Companies | Engstfeld Filmproduktion GmbH (Köln) |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | November 8, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2149190 |
| Official Site | www.camp14-film.com |