A&O Buero Filmproduktion

How is it possible that North Korea, one of the poorest countries on earth finances a nuclear weapons program large enough to challenge the USA? The answer: Bureau 39, a legendary organization nestled deep inside the government apparatus. Its aim is to procure foreign exchange by any means possible to provide Kim Jong-un’s regime with money.

Behind the famous fairy tales are two men with a passion for language, literature and politics. The Grimm brothers tell their own stories, in a documentary set in 19th-century Germany.