The Great War (2007)
April 29, 2007Release Date
The Great War (2007)
April 29, 2007Release Date
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Brian McKenna
Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz
self / Military Consultant
Justin Trudeau
Talbot Papineau
Michael Rudder
Canon Frederick Scott
Michael Rudder
Canon Frederick Scott
Maxime Cournoyer
Ernest Lamarche
Arthur Holden
Col. John McCrae
Pat Kiely
William Bird
Noel Burton
Charly Stewart
Sascha Cole
Beatrice Fox
Francis X. McCarthy
PM Robert Borden
Jean-François Blanchard
Henri Bourassa
Glen Bowser
General Arthur Currie
Susan Almgren
Caroline Papineau
Paul Stewart
British PM Lloyd George
Paul Van Dyck
Harry Scott
Natalie Dubois
Producer
Gilbert Larose Jr.
Donald Ross
Neil Napier
Dying Soldier
Taff Gillingham
Canadian Sargeant (uncredited)
Justin Walsh
Corporal 46th Battalion (uncredited)
Yoan Cart
Cinematographer
Lance Neveu
Music
Mark Ellam
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateApril 29, 2007
StatusReleased
Running Time4h
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Great War is a CBC television film documenting Canadian participation in the First World War. The film stars writer-director and award-winning documentarian Brian McKenna, Michael Rudder, and future Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — who became the official Liberal candidate for the Papineau, Quebec in April 2007 — portraying his fifth cousin, twice removed, Major Talbot Papineau. The film aired in two parts on Canadian television during the 90th Anniversary of the Vimy Ridge battle, on April 8 and 9, 2007.
The Fox website included the following notice seeking people to participate in the making of the film:
Did your great-grandfather take Vimy Ridge? Did he play a part in the three-month battle at Passchendaele? Did he break through the German line at Amiens? For a landmark film to mark the 90th anniversary of the First World War, the CBC is recruiting 300 descendants of those who went to war between 1914 and 1918. The descendants will walk in the footsteps of their ancestors and take part in massive battle recreations.