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Feature film — 1981

Silence of the North (1981)

7.01h 34mDrama — Adventure

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.

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Universal Pictures

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Director: Allan King

On screen

Cast & crew

Ellen Burstyn as Olive Frederickson

Ellen Burstyn

Olive Frederickson

Gordon Pinsent as John Frederickson

Gordon Pinsent

John Frederickson

Tom Skerritt as Walter Reamer

Tom Skerritt

Walter Reamer

Colin Fox as Arthur Herriot

Colin Fox

Arthur Herriot

J

Jennifer McKinney

Little Olive Reamer

D

Donna Dobrijevic

Vala Reamer

J

Jeff Banks

Lewis Reamer

David Fox as Lea Goodwin

David Fox

Lea Goodwin

Frank C. Turner as Young Man

Frank C. Turner

Young Man

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