Battlefield Quebec: Wolfe & Montcalm

Battlefield Quebec: Wolfe & Montcalm

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2009 · 70 min · ★ 10.0 · War

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.

Directed by Brian McKenna · Written by Brian McKenna

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Arthur Holden Major General James Wolfe
Brian McKenna Narrator
Thierry Barthe Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, Marquis de Montcalm
Marcel Jeannin James Cook
Noel Burton James Henderson
Beat Berweger Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Claude Préfontaine Philippe de Vaudreuil
Flint Eagle Indian Chief
Daniel Brochu Col. Burton
Bernard Carez François Bigot
Marjolaine Legault Beautiful French Woman

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