Based on Timothy Findley's acclaimed novel, the film follows Robert Ross (Brent Carver), a nineteen-year-old Canadian living a protected life with his family in an affluent Toronto suburb. He enlists in World War I after the death of his intellectually disabled sister (Ann-Marie MacDonald) in an attempt to escape his grief and the social norms of Edwardian society. Drawn into the madness of war, he finds another way to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions-his wars.

By Timothy Findley
Directed by Robin Phillips
Executive Producer - W. Paterson Ferns
Associate Producer - Robert Linnell
Associate Producer - Christoph Mattner
Producer - Richard Nielsen
Executive Producer - Robert Verrall
Associate Producer - Stefan Wodoslawsky
Music - Glenn Gould
Director of Photography - John Coquillon
Editor - Tony Lower
Production Design and Art Direction - Daphne Dare
Costume Designer - Ann Curtis

Brent Carver as Robert Ross
Martha Henry as Mrs. Ross
William Hutt as Mr. Ross
Ann-Marie MacDonald as Rowena Ross
Jackie Burroughs as Miss Davenport
Jean Leclerc as Captain Taffler
Domini Blythe as Lady Barbara d'Orsey
Alan Scarfe as Captain Leather
Margaret Tyzack as Lady Emmeline
Barbara Budd as Nurse Turner
Susan Wright as Ella
Richard Austin as Michael
Roger Barton as Charles
Paul Batten as Poole
Rod Beattie as Levitt
Tom Bishop as Rider
Kirsten Bishopric as Peggy Ross
Richard Blackburn as Sergeant
Fred Booker as Verger
Dwayne Brenna as Tom Bryant
Michael Caruana as Soldier
Shirley Cassedy as Honor
Clare Coulter as Eena
Richard Curnock as Minister
Shirley Douglas as Mrs. Lawson
David Dunbar as Mr. Brown
Rupert Frazer as Clive
Craig Gardner as German Soldier
Graeme Gibson as Devlin
Maurice Good as Sergeant Joyce
Bobby Hannah as Major Mickle
Paul Hubbard as Captain Ord
Jeff Hyslop as Clifford Purchas
Eleanor Kane as Woman
James Kidnie as Martial
Leo Leyden as Bishop
Hardee T. Lineham as Bonnycastle
Robin McKenzie as Stuart Ross
Matthew Mackey as Man
David Main as Mr. Lawson
William M. Malmo as Collins
Jefferson Mappin as Teddy Budge
Marti Maraden as Lady of Easy Virtue
Anne McKay as Child
Richard McMillan as Harris
David Robb as Major Terry
Stephen Russell as Cigarette
Abigail Seaton as Juliet
Heather Summerhayes as Heather
Irene Sutcliffe as Nurse
Simon Treves as Patient
Annette Vyge as Madam
Timothy Webber as Corporal Bates