The Great War

Canada answers the call

Duration: 240 min

Release date: 2007-04-29

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A historical recreation of the experience of Canadian soldiers in World War One, with a cast of descendants of the people who participated in it.

Documentary History War

The Great War

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as Talbot Papineau

Roman Jarymowycz

Roman Jarymowycz

as Canon Frederick Scott

as Col. John McCrae

Maxime Cournoyer

Maxime Cournoyer

as Ernest Lamarche

as William Bird

as Charly Stewart

as Beatrice Fox

Francis X. McCarthy

Francis X. McCarthy

as Prime Minister Robert Borden

as General Arthur Currie

Jean-François Blanchard

Jean-François Blanchard

as Henri Bourassa

as Caroline Papineau

as British PM Lloyd George

Gilbert Larose Jr.

Gilbert Larose Jr.

as Dying Soldier

Taff Gillingham

Taff Gillingham

as Canadian Sargeant (uncredited)

as Corporal 46th Battalion (uncredited)

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Roman Jarymowycz

Roman Jarymowycz

Military Consultant

Executive Producer

Michael Claydon

Michael Claydon

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Réal Beauchemin

Réal Beauchemin

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Stephen Phizicky

Stephen Phizicky

Nathalie Mai Duong

Nathalie Mai Duong

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Marie-Lyne Normandin

Marie-Lyne Normandin

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