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The Wars (1983)
Directed by Robin Phillips
Drama, War · 1h 58m
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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency 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.
Cast
Brent Carver
Robert Ross
Kirsten Bishop
Peggy Ross
Jackie Burroughs
Miss Davenport
Shirley Douglas
Mrs. Lawson
William Hutt
Mr. Ross
Domini Blythe
Lady Barbara d'Orsey
Margaret Tyzack
Lady Emmeline
Jean LeClerc
Captain Taffler
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Rowena Ross
Alan Scarfe
Captain Leather
David Robb
Major Terry
Crew
- Director
- Robin Phillips
- Writer
- Timothy Findley
- Director of Photography
- John Coquillon
- Original Music Composer
- Glenn Gould
- Editor
- Tony Lower
- Producer
- Richard Nielsen
Details
- Release date
- 1983-11-20
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada, Germany
- Production
- Nielsen-Ferns, Polyphon