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Shipbuilder

"What would drive a man to spend 10 years of his life building a ship in the middle of the prairie 17 miles (27 km) from the nearest body of water?"

1985 6m Dir. Stephen Surjik

About this movie

This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native Finland. The ship never reached water.

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Year
1985
Runtime
6m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Stephen Surjik
Language
EN

Cast

👤
Kristjana Gunnars
Narrator
👤
Galen Wahlmeier
Tom Sukanen
👤
Sasha Konowal
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