6.1Summary
Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father.
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Cast
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Brent CarverRobert Ross
Kirsten BishopPeggy Ross
Jackie BurroughsMiss Davenport
Shirley DouglasMrs. Lawson
William HuttMr. Ross
Domini BlytheLady Barbara d'Orsey
Margaret TyzackLady Emmeline
Jean LeClercCaptain Taffler
Ann-Marie MacDonaldRowena Ross
Alan ScarfeCaptain Leather
David RobbMajor Terry
Richard AustinMichael
Richard CurnockMinister
Paul BattenPoole
Rod BeattieLevitt
Tom Bishop Sr.Rider
Michael CaruanaSoldier
Clare CoulterEena
Rupert FrazerClive
Craig GardnerGerman Soldier
Paul HubbardCaptain Ord
Jeff HyslopClifford Purchas
James KidnieMartial
Crew
- Directed by
- Robin Phillips
- Written by
- Timothy Findley
- Produced by
- Richard Nielsen
- Music by
- Glenn Gould
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Facts
November 20, 1983 · 1 h 58 min · Violence, Suicide Themes
- Released
- November 20, 1983
- Runtime
- 1 h 58 min
- Content
- Violence, Suicide Themes
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- Canada, Germany