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Record information – Brief The Wars
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1981-05-12/1981-11-02Item number (ISN):46954Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Accession:1987-0261Media:FilmOriginal title:The WarsPart:6 of 6Production date:1981-05-12/1981-11-02Release date:1983-11-11Production company:Nielsen-Ferns International Ltd.
National Film Board
Polyphon Film- und Fernseh GmbHProduction credit:executive producer, Robert Verrall; producer, Richard Nielsen; associate producer, Christopher Mattner; Stefan Wodoslawsky; director, Robin Philips; scenario, Timothy Findlay (based on his book); photography, John Coquillon; sound, Joseph Champagne; editing, Tony Lower; music, Glenn GouldCast credit:Brent Carver, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Jackie Burroughs, Jean Leclerc, Domini Blythe, Alan Scarfe, Margaret Tyzack, Barbara BuddCountry of production:cnDistributor name:International Sppectrafilm Inc.Description:Robert Ross lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally retarded. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother, a dominating woman whose dispondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions - his wars. <120mn 23s>Language:EnglishNotes:Genre:DRAMADetailed holdings information: -
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