Movie: Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill

Top 6 Billed Cast

Severn Thompson
Severn Thompson

Susanna Moodie

Jane Spidell
Jane Spidell

Catharine Parr Traill

Kelli Fox
Kelli Fox

Agnes Strickland

Richard Clarkin
Richard Clarkin

John Moodie

John Bourgeois
John Bourgeois

Thomas Traill

Julian Richings
Julian Richings

William Cattermole

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    Susanna and Catharine were brought up in a large estate in England. They married soldiers and both couples headed to Canada only to be disappointed. Catharine, a lover of nature, adapted better than Susanna, a society person.

  • Release Date

    2004-02-26

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    4

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    English
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