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Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer (1982)
58 min | Documentary

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Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer (1982)

58 min | Documentary

A portrait of and tribute to the author who, with the publication of Barometer Rising in 1941, set a precedent in Canadian literature by writing about Canadian topics and places and, in so doing, paved the way for a thriving national ...See moreA portrait of and tribute to the author who, with the publication of Barometer Rising in 1941, set a precedent in Canadian literature by writing about Canadian topics and places and, in so doing, paved the way for a thriving national literary movement. Through the use of still photographs, archival footage and interviews, this documentary traces seven decades of MacLennan's public and private life--as a young boy in Nova Scotia, brought up in a strict Presbyterian family of Scottish descent, as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, as a professor at McGill University, and as the author of seven novels and numerous essays. Also featured in the film are several readings from MacLennan's work. Written by NFB See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Hugh MacLennan Self Self See fewer	Barometer Rising
Robert A. Duncan Narrated by (voice) (as Robert Duncan) Narrated by (voice) (as Robert Duncan) See fewer	Beaverbrook: The Various Lives of Max Aitken (2000)
Alan Maitland Read by - MacLennan's prose (voice) Read by - MacLennan's prose (voice) See fewer	Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas (1985)
Constance Beresford-Howe Self - Friend Self - Friend See fewer	The Book of Eve (2002)
Elspeth Cameron Self - Biographer Self - Biographer See fewer	Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer (1982)
Frances MacLennan Self - Sister Self - Sister See fewer	Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer (1982)
Wilhelm Brückner Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Hitler über Deutschland (1932)
Morley Callaghan Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Suspense (1949)
Rudolf Hess Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Heinrich Himmler Self - with Hitler at SA Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - with Hitler at SA Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Adolf Hitler Self - at SA, HJ Rallies (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - at SA, HJ Rallies (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Viktor Lutze Self - with Hitler at SA, HJ Rallies (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - with Hitler at SA, HJ Rallies (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Gabrielle Roy Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Le vieillard et l'enfant (1985)
Julius Schaub Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Hitler über Deutschland (1932)
Julius Streicher Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - with Hitler at HJ Rally (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Baldur von Schirach Self (with Hitler at HJ rally) (unconfirmed) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (with Hitler at HJ rally) (unconfirmed) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Before the Fall (2004)