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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.
Theatrical
Jul 19, 1991
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Guy Maddin, George Toles, John B. Harvie
Producers
Studio
Ordnance Pictures, Cinephile, Winnipeg Film Group, Téléfilm Canada, The Manitoba Arts Council, CIDO, Canada Council for the Arts
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Cast
Full credits →M
Michael Gottli
Jannings
M
Michael O'Sullivan
Doctor
M
Margaret Anne MacLeod
Baba
A
Ari Cohen
Philbin
K
Kyle McCulloch
Lt. John Boles
V
Victor Cowie
Sea Captain
I
Ihor Procak
Monk
S
Stephen Snyder
Stage Kaiser Wilhelm II
B
Brent Neale
Lustful Youth / Allied Soldier
D
Donna Szöke
Worshipper / Home woman
R
Ron Eyolfson
Worshipper
H
Hans Ter Horst
Hun
G
Greg Klymkiw
Hun
N
Neil Lawrie
Hun
J
Jim Keller
Russian Soldier
K
Kei Ng
Russian Soldier
B
Bif Naked
Russian Soldier
A
Angela Heck
Russian Soldier
R
Renji Panicker
Allied Soldier
I
Ian Handford
Allied Soldier
