Riel

IMDb link: 0079810
IMDb rating: 6.4 (135 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, War
Director: George Bloomfield
Cast: Lloyd Bochner, Raymond Cloutier, Roger Blay, James Bradford and others

Release date: 15 Apr 1979
Release year: 1979
Runtime: 147 minutes
Country: Canada
Keywords: metis, rebellion, saskatchewan, manitoba, louis riel, ottawa ontario, canadian western, western canada, gatling gun, bishop

Plot:

This film recounts the events involving the Metis rebel leader Louis Riel and his battles against the Canadian Federal Government when they threatened his people. The first was a successful rebellion in 1873 which created the Province of Manitoba and a later more violent and unsuccessful one in Saskatchewan in 1885 which led to his capture, trial and eventual execution.

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