Drylanders
- Release Information
- November 1, 1963
- Edmonton (Garneau) and 13 other theatres in Alberta starting from 30/10/63 to 04/11/63.
- November 1, 1963
- Swift Current, Sask.
- September 25, 1963
- Edmonton (Garneau) and 13 other theatres in Alberta starting from 30/10/63 to 04/11/63.
- September 25, 1963
- Swift Current, Sask.
- Funding Sources
- Act/Policy
- Budget
- Actual cost: $200,000
- Distributors
- Columbia Pictures
- J.-A. Lapointe Films
Production Details
- Executive Producer
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- Producer
- William Weintraub
- William Fruet
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- John Kemeny
- Peter Jones
- Line Producer
- John Kemeny
- David Haber
- Director
- William Weintraub
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- Donald Haldane
- Donald Haldane
- Donald Haldane
- Clarke Da Prato
- Director of Photography
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Reginald H. Morris
- Director of Sound
- Ron Alexander
- Clarke Da Prato
- Clarke Da Prato
- Music
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Eldon Rathburn
- Writer
- William Weintraub
- William Weintraub
- William Weintraub
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- William Fruet
- Clarke Da Prato
- M. Charles Cohen
- M. Charles Cohen
- Editor
- John Kemeny
- Kirk Jones
- Kirk Jones
- Kirk Jones
- Kirk Jones
- Kirk Jones
- Kirk Jones
- Kirk Jones
- Kirk Jones
- Cast
- Mary Savage
- William Weintraub
- Lester Nixon
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- James B. Douglas
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Frances Hyland
- Irena Mayeska
- Irena Mayeska
- Irena Mayeska
- Irena Mayeska
- Irena Mayeska
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- Don Francks
- William Fruet
An epic story of the opening up of the Canadian West from 1907, through the drought and depression of the thirties, and the saga of a Montréal family which stakes its future on the Prairies. In 1907, when Saskatchewan was almost empty, Daniel Greer, a clerk from Montréal, arrives with Liza, his wife, and their two sons. They have come to homestead. A bee is organized by neighbours to build them a sod hut. Faced with such spartan conditions, tension develops between Daniel and Liza who wants to return east. Still attired in bowler hat and city vest, Daniel ploughs his first furrow. He runs to get Liza when the first shoots appear. They attend a party at their neighbours, the MacPhersons. Liza changes her attitude towards the land after a talk with their hostess. But during the winter they must struggle to survive. Seven years of prosperity are succeeded by long years of drought and the depression. Colin, the older son, marries. Russell, the younger son, leaves the farm. The Greers live on hand-outs from the relief depot during the long years of the depression while other families are leaving the Prairies. In 1938, Daniel dies of a heart attack and there is tension in the family. Colin and Thora, his wife, want to start a new life away from the farm but Liza won't leave. Then, after nine years of drought, the rains come and life starts anew.
Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
Commentaries
- Drylanders (Un autre pays) Commentary
As the first full-length, feature film from the National Film Board (NFB) and its most expensive production to date ($200,000), you would think that Drylanders (Un autre pays) (1963) would have received more critical attention when it was released...
