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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 8th and 9th, 2007.
Original Release
04/29/2007
Cast
Name | Character |
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Justin Trudeau | Talbot Papineau |
Michael Rudder | Canon Frederick Scott |
Maxime Cournoyer | Ernest Lamarche |
Arthur Holden | Col. John McCrae |
Pat Kiely | William Bird |
Noël Burton | Charly Stewart |
Sascha Cole | Beatrice Fox |
Francis X. McCarthy | PM Robert Borden |
Glen Bowser | General Arthur Currie |
Jean-François Blanchard | Henri Bourassa |
Cast
Name | Character |
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Justin Trudeau | Talbot Papineau |
Michael Rudder | Canon Frederick Scott |
Maxime Cournoyer | Ernest Lamarche |
Arthur Holden | Col. John McCrae |
Pat Kiely | William Bird |
Noël Burton | Charly Stewart |
Sascha Cole | Beatrice Fox |
Francis X. McCarthy | PM Robert Borden |
Glen Bowser | General Arthur Currie |
Jean-François Blanchard | Henri Bourassa |
Susan Almgren | Caroline Papineau |
John Dee Delorimier | James Moses |
Paul Stewart | British PM Lloyd George |
Paul Van Dyck | Harry Scott |
Gilbert Larose Jr. | Donald Ross |
Jesse Todd | Christianson |
Isabelle Tincler | Prostitute |
Neil Napier | Dying Soldier |
Paul Johnston | Soldier #1 |
Steven J. Bull | Machine Gunner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Claydon | Executive Producer |
Hubert Gendron | Executive Producer |
Arnie Gelbart | Executive Producer |
Natalie Dubois | Producer |
Denis McCready | Producer |
Stephen Phizicky | Producer |
Janet Torge | Producer |
Arnie Gelbart | Producer |