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Make byFabrizio Nucci
Shipbuilder

Shipbuilder

1985

N/R

Categories:

  • Documentary

Overview:

This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native Finland. The ship never reached water.

Stephen Surjik

Director

Charles Konowal

Producer, Cinematography

Ken Mitchell

Writer

Cast:

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  • Kristjana Gunnars

    Kristjana Gunnars

    Narrator
  • Galen Wahlmeier

    Galen Wahlmeier

    Tom Sukanen
  • Sasha Konowal

    Sasha Konowal

    Little Girl