The Great War

A historical recreation of the experience of Canadian soldiers in World War One, with a cast of descendants of the people who participated in it.

Cast

Justin Trudeau

as Talbot Papineau

Roman Jarymowycz

as self

Michael Rudder

as Canon Frederick Scott

Arthur Holden

as Col. John McCrae

Maxime Cournoyer

as Ernest Lamarche

Pat Kiely

as William Bird

Noel Burton

as Charly Stewart

Sascha Cole

as Beatrice Fox

Francis X. McCarthy

as Prime Minister Robert Borden

Glen Bowser

as General Arthur Currie

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