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Silence of the North

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Silence of the North

4.0

1h 34m

1981

Synopsis

Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the Canadian wilderness.

Director

Allan King

DramaAdventure

canadaisolationwildernessbased on true storyconflictsemi autobiographicalfrozen tundra

Cast & Crew

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

as Olive Frederickson

Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent

as John Frederickson

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

as Walter Reamer

Colin Fox

Colin Fox

as Arthur Herriot

Jennifer McKinney

as Little Olive Reamer

Donna Dobrijevic

as Vala Reamer

Jeff Banks

as Lewis Reamer

David Fox

David Fox

as Lea Goodwin

Frank C. Turner

Frank C. Turner

as Young Man

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