6.4
Silence of the North
DramaPG
Duration
1h 34mRelease
23 Oct 1981Country
United StatesCanada
Language
EnglishOverview
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.
Plot
Based on the biography of Olive Fredrickson, It tells of her life as a girl, then a trapper's wife and later a widow with three small children surviving under rugged pioneer conditions in northern Alberta Canada from the early 190...
Cast
Ellen BurstynTom SkerrittGordon Pinsent
Ratings
Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
Details
Director
Allan King
Writers
Olive FredericksonBen EastPatricia Louisianna Knop
Awards
1 win & 8 nominations
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