Four Saints (2013)

Four nurses operate an illegal dressing station near the trenches of World War I Flanders.

Director:

Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Writer:

Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Stars:

Arnold Vosloo, Kris Holden-Ried, Kyle Schmid

Cast

Credited cast:
Arnold Vosloo	...	Baron de T'Serclaes
Kris Holden-Ried	...	John McCrae (as Kristen Holden-Ried)
Kyle Schmid	...	Alex Helmer
Mark Hadlow	...	Maj. Thomas Haverstad
Sebastian Spence	...	Arthur Gleason
Kim Poirier	...	Helen Gleason
Serge Houde	...	Mougin
Alex Zahara	...	Colonel St. Jacques
Ryan Cunningham	...	Lieutenant Hutchins
David MacInnis	...	Lt. Darwin
Lorena Rincon	...	Angelica

Storyline

The film opens when the British Army finds itself overwhelmed by massive casualties. Major Munro, a physician attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), decides to organize a volunteer Flying Ambulance Corps. He recruits four women: Elsie Knocker (British), Mairi Chisholm (Scottish), Dorothy Fielding (Canadian) and Helen Gleason (American). The women are sent to a field hospital in Furnes, Flanders. But before long, Elsie discovers that many wounded soldiers die of shock during the transport from the trenches to the hospital. She implores Dr. Munro to move the field hospital closer to the front. When he declines, the four women steal an ambulance, packed with supplies, and begin to operate their own dressing station -- in an abandoned village called Pervyse, a stone's throw away from the trenches. Pervyse is just north of the Ypres 'Salient,' a dangerous bulge in the German lines which actually exposes the Allied soldiers to German artillery from three sides. Many dramatic ...

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Plot Keywords:

flanders | ambulance | british army | royal army medical corps | physician | 

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Taglines:

An epic story of love, passion and bravery amidst some of the worst battle carnage war has ever seen. Inspired by true events.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 25,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

White Wing Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film has had many changes in casting whilst in pre-production. Emilie de Ravin and Sarah Wayne Callies were once attached to play Mairi Chisholm. Rhona Mitra had been attached to play Elsie Knocker. Claire Forlani was attached to play Dorothy Fielding. Cary Elwes was also attached to play Dr. Hector Munro in the film.