Shipbuilder 1985

What would drive a man to spend 10 years of his life building a ship in the middle of the prairie 17 miles (27 km) from the nearest body of water?

Shipbuilder

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Documentary

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kristjana Gunnars

Narrator

Galen Wahlmeier

Tom Sukanen

Sasha Konowal

Little Girl

Homepage https://www.nfb.ca/film/shipbuilder/
Release Date 1985-01-01
Runtime 6m
Director Stephen Surjik
Producers Charles Konowal, Michael J.F. Scott
Writer Ken Mitchell