Battlefield Quebec: Wolfe & Montcalm
Directed by Brian McKenna, Olivier Julien
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Documentary about the 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, part of the Seven Years War between Britain and France. Both leaders, Wolfe and Montcalm, died in the battle, which decided control over what would become Canada. Includes re-enactments of the battle and the personalities of the two commanders. For two months Montcalm and Quebec City endured English bombardments. However, in what the documentary describes as an exceptionally well planned operation during the night of September 12th, Wolfe got 4500 men and two cannons up L’Anse-au-Foulon cliffs to the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm, who never commanded an army before being posted to New France, chose to leave the city walls and try to fight a linear battle against a better trained army.Read moreLess
Documentary about the 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, part of the Seven Years War between Britain and France. Both leaders, Wolfe and Montcalm, died in the battle, which decided control over what would become Canada. Includes re-enactments of the battle and the personalities of the two commanders. For two months Montcalm and Quebec City endured English bombardments. However, in what the documentary describes as an exceptionally well planned operation during the night of September 12th, Wolfe got 4500 men and two cannons up L’Anse-au-Foulon cliffs to the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm, who never commanded an army before being posted to New France, chose to leave the city walls and try to fight a linear battle against a better trained army.
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Documentary about the 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, part of the Seven Years War between Britain and France. Both leaders, Wolfe and Montcalm, died in the battle, which decided control over what would become Canada. Includes re-enactments of the battle and the personalities of the two commanders. For two months Montcalm and Quebec City endured English bombardments. However, in what the documentary describes as an exceptionally well planned operation during the night of September 12th, Wolfe got 4500 men and two cannons up L’Anse-au-Foulon cliffs to the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm, who never commanded an army before being posted to New France, chose to leave the city walls and try to fight a linear battle against a better trained army.
Cast & crew
Arthur HoldenMajor General James Wolfe
Thierry BartheLouis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, Marquis de Montcalm
Marcel JeanninJames Cook
Noel BurtonJames Henderson
Claude PréfontainePhilippe de Vaudreuil
Flint EagleIndian Chief
Daniel BrochuCol. BurtonExplore the crew
- Producer
- Natalie Dubois
- Director
- Brian McKenna
- Writer
- Brian McKenna
- Producer
- Stéphane Millière
- Editor
- Susan Shanks
- Director
- Olivier Julien
- Producer
- Stephen Phizicky
- Producer
- Audrey Ferrarese
- Director of Photography
- Yoan Cart
- Director of Photography
- Sylvain Maillard