Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.
as Robert Ross
as Peggy Ross
as Miss Davenport
as Mrs. Lawson
as Mr. Ross
as Lady Barbara d'Orsey
as Lady Emmeline
as Captain Taffler
as Rowena Ross
as Captain Leather
as Ella
as Major Terry
as Nurse Turner
as Michael
as Charles
as Minister
as Poole
as Levitt
as Rider
as Soldier
as Eena
as Mr. Brown
as Clive
as German Soldier
as Devlin
as Sergeant Joyce
as Captain Ord
as Clifford Purchas
as Martial
as Bonnycastle
as Harris
as Patient
as Nurse
as Corporal Bates
as Cigarette
as Madam
as Mrs. Ross
