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Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the Canadian wilderness.
Keywords
canada
isolation
wilderness
based on true story
conflict
semi autobiographical
frozen tundra
Casts

Ellen Burstyn
Olive Frederickson

Gordon Pinsent
John Frederickson

Tom Skerritt
Walter Reamer

Colin Fox
Arthur Herriot
Jennifer McKinney
Little Olive Reamer
Donna Dobrijevic
Vala Reamer
Jeff Banks
Lewis Reamer

David Fox
Lea Goodwin

Frank C. Turner
Young Man
Crews

Allan King
Director
Ben East
Book
Robert Baylis
Executive Producer

Patricia Louisianna Knop
Screenplay
Bill Brodie
Production Design
Arla Saare
Editor
Bill Brodie
Art Direction
Glenn Randall Jr.
Stunts
Richard Leiterman
Director of Photography