Movie
Passchendaele
Overview
Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle
Details
- Release date
- 2008-10-17
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, Damberger Film & Cattle Co, Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films, Alliance Films, Téléfilm Canada
- Country
- Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Paul Gross as Michael Dunne
- Caroline Dhavernas as Sarah Mann
- Joe Dinicol as David Mann
- Meredith Bailey as Cassie Walker
- Adam J. Harrington as Colonel Ormand
- Gil Bellows as Royster
- James Kot as Skinner
- Jesse Frechette as Peters
- Robert Nogier as Mr Harper
- David LeReaney as Colonel McAndrew
- Jayson Therrien as MP
- Michael Greyeyes as Highway
Crew
- Paul Gross - Director
- Paul Gross - Writer
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