Front Lines
A tribute to the combatants in the First World War, this film traces the conflict through the war diary and private letters of five Canadian soldiers and a nurse. Hearing them, the listener detects between the lines an unspoken horror censored by war and propriety.
The film mingles war footage, historical photos and readings of excerpts from the diary and letters. The directorial talent of Claude Guilmain breathes life into these 90-year-old documents and accompanying archival images so that we experience the human face and heart of the conflict.
For the educational sector, five documentary vignettes have been drawn from the film: Nurses at the Front, The Officer's Role, The Life of the Soldier, Faith and Hope and The Trenches, each with further information on its particular subject.
Pedagogical evaluations and study guides are only available to CAMPUS subscribers.
CAMPUS
Features designed specifically for teachers. Learn more
Already subscribed? Sign in
Embed this code on your site
Front Lines, Claude Guilmain, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Video player width
Reset-
directorClaude Guilmain
-
writerClaude Guilmain
-
researcherClaude Guilmain
-
script translatorClaude Guilmain
-
actorPaul GrossJoe DinicolJean YoonPhilip GraemeDylan RobertsColm FeoreSteve BakerPaul FauteuxJordon Pettle
-
additional voicePetra ValierManfred BeckerDoïna HarapAlex Strijevsky
-
research advisorMichel Litalien
-
script consultantMonique Proulx
-
visual advisorLuc Bourdon
-
director of photographyFrançois Dagenais
-
production managerLara Popic
-
editingPeter Vinet
-
sound editingDaniel Toussaint
-
sound designDaniel Toussaint
-
sound editing - assistanceLuc Raymond
-
foleyStéphane Cadotte
-
original musicClaude Naubert
-
musicianClaude NaubertRenée-Paule GauthierAndréa Armijo-FortinDavid Thies-ThompsonCarole Sirois
-
online editingFrançoise Laprise
-
re-recordingSerge Boivin
-
titlesGaspard GaudreauPhilippe Raymond
-
marketing managerJulie Arseneault
-
marketing assistantKarine Sévigny
-
administratorAlexandrine Torres de Figueiredo
-
administrative assistantVanessa Emam
-
technical coordinatorMicheline Faubert
-
producerAnne-Marie Rocher
-
executive producerJacques Turgeon
-
partnershipsLiliane Tremblay
Show all comments