Film

The Wars

1983 · 1h 58m · Drama · War

IMDb

6.6

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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

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

Susan Wright

Ella

David Robb

Major Terry

Barbara Budd

Nurse Turner

Richard Austin

Michael

Rodger Barton

Charles

Richard Curnock

Minister

• Robin PhillipsDirector
• Timothy FindleyWriter
• Richard NielsenProducer
• Robert VerrallExecutive Producer
• John CoquillonDirector of Photography
• Glenn GouldOriginal Music Composer
• Tony LowerEditor

Release date

November 20, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 58m

Genres

Drama, War