Set during the height of the First World War, Passchendaele tells the story of Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross), a soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred. While in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas), a mysterious and attractive nurse with whom he develops a passionate love. When Sarah's younger asthmatic brother David (Joe Dinicol) signs up to fight in Europe, Michael feels compelled to return to Europe to protect him. Michael and David, like thousands of Canadians, are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres, a battle against impossible odds, commonly known as "Passchendaele". It is a story of passion, courage and dedication, showing the heroism of those that fought in battle, and of the ones that loved them.
Canadian Connection: Filmed in Calgary and Fort Macleod, Alberta. The director and several cast members are Canadian.
good movie definatly worth wathcing
GUT WRENCHING AND REALISTICK!
I was looking forward to watching this for a while but Passchendaele was one of the worst movies I have ever seen and not because it didn't have a lot of war scenes. I don't care about that. The dialogue was incredibly corny. The actors were awful (Including Gross who is completely overrated). The plot is completely unbelievable and the war scenes are totally fake. This is a movie for bleeding hearts who only like it for what it was supposed to be (A great Canadian war movie) rather than what it was (A complete embarrassment). It tried and it failed I'm afraid.