"Set during the height of the First World War ... Sergeant Michael Dunne [is] a soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred. While in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah ... a mysterious and attractive nurse with whom he develops a passionate love. When Sarah's younger brother David .. signs up to fight in Europe, Michael feels compelled to return to Europe to protect him. Michael and David, like thousands of Canadians, are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres, a battle against impossible odds, commonly known as Passchendaele."--Container.
General Note: In English or dubbed French; English or French subtitles.Special features: The road to Passchendaele (2008, 44 min., in English); trailers.Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Written & directed by Paul Gross ; produced by Niv Fichman ... [et al.] ; production design, Carol Spier ; edited by David Wharnsby ; music by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek.
Participant or Performer Note: Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas, Joe Dinicol, Meredith Bailey, Jim Mezon.