Film

Silence of the North

7.019811h 34mDrama Adventure

Director: Allan King
Year: 1981

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.

Top cast

Ellen Burstyn

Olive Frederickson

Gordon Pinsent

John Frederickson

Tom Skerritt

Walter Reamer

Colin Fox

Arthur Herriot

Jennifer McKinney

Little Olive Reamer

Donna Dobrijevic

Vala Reamer

Jeff Banks

Lewis Reamer

David Fox

Lea Goodwin

Frank C. Turner

Young Man

Directed by

Allan King

Written by

Patricia Louisianna Knop