Archangel

"A Tragedy of the Great War"

Sep 1 1990 Not Rated 1h 30m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John Boles are told, after he is taken in from the cold by a dysfunctional Russian family and mistakes a local woman for his presumed dead lover.

Plot

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

John B. Harvie, Guy Maddin, George Toles

Directed by

Guy Maddin

Cast

Michael Gottli, David Falkenberg, Michael O'Sullivan

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada

Production Companies

The Manitoba Arts Council, Ordnance Pictures, Cinephile, Winnipeg Film Group, Téléfilm Canada, CIDO, The Canada Council For The Arts.

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Trailers
Archangel (Trailer - 4K Restoration)
Scores
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1,845
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
68
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