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Louis Riel

Louis Riel

1969•2h 6m
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Opera by Harry Somers portraying Metis leader Louis Riel and his Northwest Rebellion. 1969 CBC-TV production based on the original 1967 opera.

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CBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Bernard Turgeon

Louis Riel

Donald Rutherford

John A. Macdonald

Patricia Rideout

Mary Morrison

Roxolana Roslak

Paul Trepanier

Howell Glynne

Peter Milne

David Astor

Thomas Park

Alan Crofoot

Robert Glover

Garnet Brooks

Lloyd Dean

Oskar Raulfs

Andree Lortie

Jacques Lareau

David Geary

Steven Henrikson

Herman Rombouts

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