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The Great War (2007 film)

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The Great War
Directed byBrian McKenna
Written byBrian McKenna
Produced byNatalie Dubois
Stephen Phizicky
Janet Torge
StarringJustin Trudeau
Talbot Papineau
Michael Rudder
Arthur Holden
Edited byMichael Bulter
Susan Shanks
Music byLance Neveu
Distributed byGalafilm Productions
Release date
April 2007
Running time
240 minutes
CountryCanada Canada
LanguagesEnglish
& French

The Great War is a CBC television film documenting Canadian participation in the First World War. The film stars Justin Trudeau and was shown on Canadian television during the 90th Anniversary of the Vimy Ridge battle, airing in two parts on April 8 and April 9, 2007.

The CBC website included the following notice seeking people to participate in the making of the film:

Did your great-grandfather take Vimy Ridge? Did he play a part in the three-month battle at Passchendaele? Did he break through the German line at Amiens? For a landmark film to mark the 90th anniversary of the First World War, the CBC is recruiting 300 descendants of those who went to war between 1914 and 1918. The descendants will walk in the footsteps of their ancestors and take part in massive battle recreations.