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Passchendaele is a 2008 Canadian war film, written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Paul Gross. The film, which was shot in Calgary, Alberta, Fort Macleod, Alberta, and in Belgium, focuses on the experiences of a Canadian soldier, Michael Dunne, at the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, inspired by stories ...
Passchendaele: Directed by Paul Gross. With Paul Gross, Michael Greyeyes, James Kot, Jesse Frechette. The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.
Sgt. Dunne (Paul Gross) returns to war to look after a nurse's brother.
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Set during the height of the First World War, Passchendaele tells the story of Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross), a soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred.
It's hard to overstake how unimaginably dreadful is Passchendaele, a First World War drama that does Canada's already ropey film-making reputation no favours whatsoever.
Passchendaele. 2008 · 1 hr 55 min. TV-MA. Drama · War. The lives of a troubled veteran, a nurse, and a naive young soldier intersect as Canadian forces face the German army during a bloody WWI battle. Subtitles: English. Starring: Paul Gross Caroline Dhavernas Gil Bellows Joe Dinicol Meredith Bailey. Directed by: Paul Gross.
Sep 3, 2008 · TORONTO — The raison d’etre for “Passchendaele” is a savage World War I battle by that name, a proud yet horrific moment in Canadian history that cost the still-young and -underpopulated...
Oct 17, 2008 · 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.
Wounded soldier Michael Dunne falls in love with his nurse, but when he sets out to protect her brother, he enters one of WWI's bloodiest conflicts. Watch trailers & learn more.
A $20-million war epic that opened the Toronto Film Festival. One of the most stirring and ambitious films ever made in Canada, Paul Gross's Passchendaele recounts what may have been the most savage battle of the First World War.
