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Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Guy Maddin

Writers

John B. Harvie, George Toles, Guy Maddin

Language

English

Country

Canada

Release date

1 September 1990

Ensemble

Cast

• Michael Gottli

  Jannings

• David Falkenburg

  Geza

• 

  Michael O'Sullivan

  Doctor

• Margaret Anne MacLeod

  Baba

• 

  Ari Cohen

  Philbin

• Sarah Neville

  Danchuk

• Kathy Marykuca

  Veronkha

• 

  Kyle McCulloch

  Lt. John Boles

• Victor Cowie

  Sea Captain

• Ihor Procak

  Monk

• Chris Johnson

  Russian Soldier

• Vince Rimmer

  Bolshevik