Samuel de Champlain (Québec 1603)

196414 min 43 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Denys Arcand

Production: André Belleau

Script: Denys Arcand

Samuel de Champlain (Québec 1603)

Explorer and colonizer, founder of Québec, discoverer of Lake Champlain, governor of New France, cartographer and writer--few men in Canadian history had a more adventurous and varied career than Champlain. This film presents an exciting picture-study of the man and his times.

Availability

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Subject categories

  • History - Canada - Pre-1867 > ExplorationNew France 1600-1760Portraits
  • History and Citizenship Education > Economy and Development (1500-present)Society in New France (1608-1760)
  • Indigenous Studies > History/Politics

Credits

director
Denys Arcand
script
Denys Arcand
producer
André Belleau
camera
Bernard Gosselin
Gilles Gascon
sound
Joseph Champagne
editing
Réjane Charpentier
drawings
Frédéric Back
re-recording
Ron Alexander
Roger Lamoureux
music
The Montreal Brass Quintet
Kenneth Gilbert

Awards

  • Diploma of Merit - Category: Films for ChildrenGenie Awards