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The Wars

4.0 118 mins 1983
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Director(s): Robin Phillips

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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.

Casts of The Wars

Brent Carver

as Robert Ross

Kirsten Bishop

as Peggy Ross

Jackie Burroughs

as Miss Davenport

Shirley Douglas

as Mrs. Lawson

William Hutt

as Mr. Ross

Domini Blythe

as Lady Barbara d'Orsey

Margaret Tyzack

as Lady Emmeline

Jean LeClerc

as Captain Taffler

Ann-Marie MacDonald

as Rowena Ross

Alan Scarfe

as Captain Leather

Susan Wright

as Ella

David Robb

as Major Terry

Barbara Budd

as Nurse Turner

Richard Austin

as Michael

Rodger Barton

as Charles

Richard Curnock

as Minister

Paul Batten

as Poole

Rod Beattie

as Levitt

Tom Bishop Sr.

as Rider

Michael Caruana

as Soldier

Clare Coulter

as Eena

David Dunbar

as Mr. Brown

Rupert Frazer

as Clive

Craig Gardner

as German Soldier

Graeme Gibson

as Devlin

Maurice Good

as Sergeant Joyce

Paul Hubbard

as Captain Ord

Jeff Hyslop

as Clifford Purchas

James Kidnie

as Martial

Hardee T. Lineham

as Bonnycastle

Richard McMillan

as Harris

Simon Treves

as Patient

Irene Sutcliffe

as Nurse

Timothy Webber

as Corporal Bates

Stephen Russell

as Cigarette

Annette Vyge

as Madam

Martha Henry

as Mrs. Ross

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