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Hero, The

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Budget: $290,000
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Production Details

Executive Producer
Yvida Kogi
Jack W. Friesen
Producer
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Director
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Director of Photography
Carl Pedersen
Don Chaput
Director of Sound
Dennis Shepit
Gary Von Kuste
Dennis Shepit
Music
Thomas J. Valentino Inc.
Writer
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Editor
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Cast
Sheldon Revet
Janice Revet
Dick Fehr
Dennis Shepit
Ernie Fiddler
Dave Funk
Joseph Wiebe
Lorne Epp
Dale Callfas
Eugene Bader
Bruce Crowe
Harvey Harder
Tim Kreiter
Ruby Thornton
Barbara Wiebe
Wade Klassen
Joyce Adrian
Doug Crowe
Abe Friesen
Bill Thornton
Hank Block
Dan Schmidt
Sharon Schmidt
Menno Giesbrecht
Velma Bendle
Cecil Bendle
G. Verne Meeds
Arlen Salte
Marie Ens
Carl Hanson
Forest Howell
Norman Ens
Cecil Burridge
Edwin Klassen
Yvonne Koosman Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Dennis Shepit
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
Johnny Giesbrecht
1980

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Canadian Film Online is an interactive website devoted to the history of full-length feature filmmaking in Canada. This project was built by Athabasca University and is funded in part by the Canada Interactive Fund Program of Canadian Heritage.

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