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1990-09-01 · 82 min · ★ 5.5

War · Romance · Drama

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.

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Directors
Guy Maddin
Production companies
Ordnance Pictures, Cinephile, Winnipeg Film Group, Téléfilm Canada, The Manitoba Arts Council, CIDO, Canada Council for the Arts
Countries
Canada
Status
Released

Top Cast

Michael GottliJannings
David FalkenburgGeza
Michael O'SullivanMichael O'SullivanDoctor
Margaret Anne MacLeodBaba
Ari CohenAri CohenPhilbin
Sarah NevilleDanchuk
Kathy MarykucaVeronkha
Kyle McCullochKyle McCullochLt. John Boles
Victor CowieSea Captain
Ihor ProcakMonk
Chris JohnsonRussian Soldier
Vince RimmerBolshevik
Robert LougheedKaiser Wilhelm II
Stephen SnyderStage Kaiser Wilhelm II
Michael PowellRed Cross Nurse
Sam TolesYoung Philbin
Lloyd WeinbergPriest
Graham BicqBaby
Brent NealeBrent NealeLustful Youth / Allied Soldier
Caroline BonnerLustful Youth

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