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At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles are told, after he is taken in from the cold by a dysfunctional Russian family and mistakes a local woman for his presumed dead lover.
1990 · Directed by Guy Maddin · 82 min · War · Romance · Drama · 9 frames
Tagline
A Tragedy of the Great War
Crew
- Screenplay: Guy Maddin, George Toles
- Edited by: Guy Maddin
- Production design: Dennis W. Smith
- Produced by: Greg Klymkiw
Cast
- Michael Gottli as Jannings
- David Falkenburg as Geza
- Michael O'Sullivan as Doctor
- Margaret Anne MacLeod as Baba
- Ari Cohen as Philbin
- Sarah Neville as Danchuk
- Kathy Marykuca as Veronkha
- Kyle McCulloch as Lt. John Boles
- Victor Cowie as Sea Captain
- Ihor Procak as Monk
Production
- Country: Canada
- Language: English
- Studios: Ordnance Pictures, Cinephile, Winnipeg Film Group, Téléfilm Canada
- Themes: amnesia, surrealism, black and white, silent film, dreamlike
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