Shipbuilder

Shipbuilder

0.0IMDb Score
Released:1985-01-01
Duration:6 min
Country:Canada
Director:Stephen Surjik
Actors:Kristjana Gunnars, Galen Wahlmeier, Sasha Konowal
Production:ONF | NFB

Overview:

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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