
“A Tragedy of the Great War”
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.
Release Date: 9/1/1990
Runtime: 82 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Guy Maddin
00Companies: Ordnance Pictures, Cinephile, Winnipeg Film Group, Téléfilm Canada, The Manitoba Arts Council, CIDO, Canada Council for the Arts
Countries: Canada
Ari Cohen
Philbin
Michael Gottli
Jannings
David Falkenburg
Geza

Michael O'Sullivan
Doctor
Margaret Anne MacLeod
Baba

Ari Cohen
Philbin
Sarah Neville
Danchuk
Kathy Marykuca
Veronkha

Kyle McCulloch
Lt. John Boles
Victor Cowie
Sea Captain
Ihor Procak
Monk
Chris Johnson
Russian Soldier
Vince Rimmer
Bolshevik

1972