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An amnesiac soldier, seeking his lost love, arrives in Archangel in northern Russia to help the townsfolk in their fight against the Bolsheviks, all quite unaware that the Great War ended three months ago.

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Michael Gottli ...
Jannings
David Falkenberg ...
Geza
Michael O'Sullivan ...
Doctor
Margaret Anne MacLeod ...
Baba
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Philbin
Sarah Neville ...
Danchuk
Kathy Marykuca ...
Veronkha
Kyle McCulloch ...
Lt. John Boles
Victor Cowie ...
Sea Captain
Ihor Procak ...
Monk
Robert Lougheed ...
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Stephen Snyder ...
Stage Kaiser Wilhelm II (as Snyder)
Michael Powell ...
Red Cross Nurse
Sam Toles ...
Young Philbin
Lloyd Weinberg ...
Priest
Graham Bicq ...
Baby (as Graham Blicq)
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Lustful Youth / Allied Soldier
Caroline Bonner ...
Lustful Youth
Cheryl Falkenberg ...
Child
Alyssa Szöke ...
Child (as Allyssa Soke)
Heather Neale ...
Child
David Neale ...
Child
Jilian Maddin ...
Child
John Harvie ...
Worshipper
Shannon Garry ...
Worshipper
Donna Szöke ...
Worshipper / Home Woman
Jay Ashmore ...
Worshipper / Allied Soldier
Kate Bromley ...
Worshipper
Bruce Duggan ...
Worshipper
Ron Eyolfson ...
Worshipper
Ida Eyolfson ...
Worshipper
Bernice Peterson ...
Worshipper
Herdis Maddin ...
Worshipper
Mark Yuill ...
Worshipper
Kurt Moritz ...
Hun
Mitch Funk ...
Hun
Hans Ter Horst ...
Hun
Rick Match ...
Hun
Greg Klymkiw ...
Hun
David Isherwood ...
Hun
Neil Lawrie ...
Hun
Robert Nixon ...
Hun (as Bob Nixon)
Masha Geller ...
Home Woman
Therese Brabant ...
Home Woman / Russian Soldier (as Thérèse Brabant)
Tiffany Taylor ...
Home Woman
Jim Keller ...
Russian Soldier
Karen Harvich ...
Russian Soldier (as Karen Harvitch)
Kei Ng ...
Russian Soldier
Gene Walz ...
Russian Soldier
Chris Johnson ...
Russian Soldier
Danielle Boilly ...
Russian Soldier
Elise Nelson ...
Russian Soldier
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Russian Soldier (as Biff Tolbert)
Tracy Traeger ...
Russian Soldier
Angela Heck ...
Russian Soldier
Nicola Guttormson ...
Russian Soldier
Joe Burgess ...
Bolshevik
Brad Linden ...
Bolshevik
Mark Pomrenke ...
Bolshevik
Dean Naday ...
Bolshevik
Wayne Watson ...
Bolshevik
Vince Rimmer ...
Bolshevik
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Allied Soldier (as Ranj Pannikar)
Carl Matheson ...
Allied Soldier
Ian Handford ...
Allied Soldier
Hirsch Binder ...
Allied Soldier (as Hirsh Binder)
Don Hewak ...
Allied Soldier
Jeff Solylo ...
Allied Soldier
Steve Sandiford ...
Allied Soldier
Danny Gunn ...
Allied Soldier
David Cowie ...
Allied Soldier
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Caelum Vatnsdal ...
Peasant Violated with Bayonet (uncredited)

Directed by

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Guy Maddin

Written by

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John B. Harvie ... (story suggestion)
 
Guy Maddin ... (screenplay)
 
George Toles ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Andre Bennett ... executive producer
Greg Klymkiw ... producer
Tracy Traeger ... associate producer / line producer

Cinematography by

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Guy Maddin

Editing by

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Guy Maddin

Editorial Department

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Therese Brabant ... assistant editor (as Thérèse Brabant)
Dawna Dobbs ... negative cutter

Production Design by

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Dennis W. Smith

Art Direction by

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Guy Maddin
Jeff Solylo

Costume Design by

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Donna Szöke

Makeup Department

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Bill Sciak ... barber (uncredited)

Production Management

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Andre Bennett ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Deanne Rohde ... assistant director

Art Department

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Joe Burgess ... carpenter
Larry Clark ... carpenter
Wes Crealock ... carpenter
Shirley Macklin ... set dresser
Michael Powell ... props / set dresser
Deanne Rohde ... props
Dean Smallwood ... carpenter
Murray Toews ... set dresser
Craig Walls ... carpenter

Sound Department

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Russ Dyck ... adr editor
Guy Maddin ... sound
Clive Perry ... sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Scott Collins ... titles photographer
Pierre Naday ... lighting technician
Terry Reimer ... lighting technician
Jerry Turchyn ... camera operator (as Gerry Turchyn)

Animation Department

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Patrick Lowe ... animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Marion Degraves ... seamstress (as Marion DeGraves)
Heidi Kroeger ... seamstress

Additional Crew

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Ed Baran ... publicist
Alex Dobrowolski ... legal services
Phyllis Laing ... accountant
Hans Ter Horst ... production assistant
Tracy Traeger ... accountant
Jason Werbics ... production trainee
Ron Wilson ... insurance

Thanks

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Graham Asmundson ... special thanks
Michelle Bischoff ... special thanks
Gigi Boyd ... special thanks
Jacqueline Brodie ... special thanks
Alan Conter ... special thanks
Martin Delisle ... special thanks
Bruce Duggan ... special thanks
Bill Grey ... special thanks
Dennis Jakob ... special thanks
Pauline Kijek ... special thanks
Madeleine Lamont ... special thanks
Jean Lefebvre ... special thanks
Don Martin ... special thanks
Chris Mondor ... special thanks
Clive Perry ... special thanks
Francoyse Picard ... special thanks
Jimmy Silden ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Lt. John Boles, a one-legged soldier, is assisting the White Russians in the Russian Arctic during World War I. He finds himself in Archangel, a crystalline city of spires and domes, inhabited by some very confused people. Boles loves Iris, who is dead, and meets Veronkha, whom he mistakes for Iris. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin, who forgets he is married to Veronkha. Veronkha thinks Boles is Philbin... Written by L.H. Wong

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Taglines A Tragedy of the Great War See more »
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Also Known As
  • 大天使 (China, Mandarin title)
  • アークエンジェル (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Archangielsk (Poland)
  • Arcángel (Argentina)
  • Архангел (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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Runtime
  • 78 min
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Budget CAD500,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $37,679

Did You Know?

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Trivia The interiors of the hotel where Philbin and Veronkha stay were in fact the director's apartment, redressed and with an elaborate new paint job. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997). See more »
Quotes Danchuk: I've heard of ghosts. Good ghosts who wonder the battlefields at night, guiding soldiers out of danger. You can see their omens everywhere. Omens, warnings of stray bullets and lurking enemies. If I was such a ghost, I would stay so close to you, you could feel my breath on your cheek.
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