This movie was shown on TCM today, March 12th.
It was my first time viewing same, and I was riveted.
Does anyone have more information about the locations where the film was shot, and where specific scenes were filmed?
Tivo'd it and will watch it again tonight.
Regards,
Tom
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probably most of the places it was actually at i know banff was one of them at the native convention
shareThe list of places filmed in "49th Parallel" include:
Wolstenholme, Quebec
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
The Labrador coast
Banff National Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park, British Columbia (Phillip Armstrong Scott
segment)
Niagara Falls, Ontario
I, too, love the movie and have enjoyed it over the years.
Thank you for reading my remarks.
CmdrCody
Good list, CmdrCody. So authentic was this cinematography in fact, those were not only great shots of the old streetcars/street scenes in downtown Winnipeg, that was actual downtown NEON ADVERTISING as well! (My source: I watched the film with an archival/history buff photographer from Winnipeg!). It seems very little was added-in back at the studio in post-production; one would think if anything was to be added in post, it would the tilted, noir-like neon ad shots. But nope, they shot the whole works on location...even at night.
By the way, thanks for all your info/research into this film.:)
spatial: Yeah.... what a great picture. It's like looking thru the Time Tunnel, especially the Winnipeg scenes. Thanks for the additional information about the city. Isn't Michael Powell, the director, a genius?
Best regards,
CmdrCody
I saw this for the first time on the weekend and, though I missed the first 15 minutes, I loved it. It's rare to see anything Canadian in a film, especially actual vintage street scenes. Laurence Olivier's Frenchman is hysterical--his accent is ridiculous. I also laughed when the float plane crashes in the tundra not too far from a Hutterite settlement--the odds of that happening are beyond remote, given the size of northern Manitoba, and the odds of surviving such a crash even more remote--and when the Nazis walk across the prairies, one of the longest, loneliest stretches in the world. Still, though, I loved this movie. If anything, it's a fascinating socio-anthropological journey back to WWII-era Canada.
shareIt seems they actually shot at least one scene in every province. Being from southern Saskatchewan, I was surprised to see the name of my hometown (Neudorf, Saskatchewan) on the map transposed in the scene where the Nazis are walking from Winnipeg to B.C. Besides NEUDORF, they also show names of other small towns such as Grayson, Dubuc, and Lemberg. If you are from this area, check out this scene. What a joy to see my hometown's name come up in a film nominated for Best Picture.
Another scene I enjoyed immensely was the scene where the Hutterite elder tells the Nazis Canada is the antithesis of Nazi Germany, a place where proud Germans can live with all types of people in freedom and tolerance.
Does anyone know which Hutterite colony this scene was filmed?
It is a great look back -- worth watching several times for sure!
shareA quick note to giffer:
Geography is bent a bit in 49th Parallel, but the abrupt transition from boreal forest to fertile plains is very real.
Prehistoric Lake Agassiz was a freshwater sea that covered west-central North America as the last glaciers retreated 10,000 years ago. Agassiz's amazing legacy is the rich black soil that butts up to the stony ribs of the Canadian Shield. The transition is awesome - drive east from Winnipeg on the Trans Canada Highway today and see how the prairie ends at Falcon Lake.
In a blink, 1000 miles of rolling prairie that began at Canmore Alberta ends; and the hard-rock jackpine country begins.