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Escape from Mogadishu

2021 · Film · South Korea · Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan

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The stone Skala du Port bastion at Essaouira harbour, gulls overhead
Filmed here: Essaouira · Photo: Adam Harangozó, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Escape from Mogadishu is a 2021 South Korean political action thriller film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, and starring Kim Yoon-seok, Zo In-sung, Huh Joon-ho, Koo Kyo-hwan, Kim So-jin, and Jung Man-sik. The film, based on real events, is set during the overthrow of Siad Barre and the two Koreas' efforts to be admitted to the United Nations in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. Arabic Wikipedia, filming-location category
  2. Wikipedia: Category:Films shot in Morocco
  3. French Wikipedia, filming-location category
  4. Wikidata, filming location (P915)

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