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Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Phillip Borsos

Writing Credits  

Ted Allan ... (written by)
 
Ted Allan ... (novel)

Cast (in credits order)  

Donald Sutherland ... Dr. Norman Bethune
Helen Mirren ... Frances Penny Bethune
Helen Shaver ... Mrs. Dowd
Colm Feore ... Chester Rice
James Pax ... Mr. Tung
Da Guo Da Guo ... Dr. Chian (as Guo Da)
Linian Liu Linian Liu ... Dr. Fong (as Harrison Liu)
Anouk Aimée ... Marie-France Coudaire
Ronald Pickup ... Alan Coleman
Geoffrey Chater ... Dr. Archibald
Zong-yao Tan Zong-yao Tan ... General Nieh (as Tan Zong Yao)
Ke-Yaw Zhang Ke-Yaw Zhang ... Chairman Mao (as Zhang Ke Yaw)
Iñaki Aierra ... Dr. Salvador (as Inaki Ayerra)
Li Hai Lang Li Hai Lang ... Shiao
Yvan Ponton ... Frank Coudaire
Sophie Faucher ... Nurse MacKenzie
Danute Kristo ... Ingrid Halstrom
Beatrice Home Beatrice Home ... Mary (as Béatrice Home)
Nicholas Kilbertus Nicholas Kilbertus ... George Pilling
Linda O'Dwyer Linda O'Dwyer ... Nursing Sister
Frank Fontaine ... Dr. Williamson
Régent Gauvin Régent Gauvin ... Cobbler
Lorne Brass ... Photographer
David Francis David Francis ... Pilling Associate
Michael Sinelnikoff ... Conference Doctor
Norris Domingue Norris Domingue ... Business Man
Timothy Webber ... Reporter
Xang Xing Junh Xang Xing Junh ... Cook Wu
Wang Chun Yen Wang Chun Yen ... Prisoner's Wife
Liu Yun Chai Liu Yun Chai ... Prisoner
Sang Dexin Sang Dexin ... Bellhop
Huo Jin Yu Huo Jin Yu ... Nationalist Officer
Wang Xing Jun Wang Xing Jun ... Liu - 8th Route Army Soldier
Chen Da Wei Chen Da Wei ... Wang - 8th Route Army Soldier
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ethel Gerstein Ethel Gerstein ... Gaggle Lady
Peggy Goldberg Peggy Goldberg ... Gaggle Lady
Rebecca Hogan Rebecca Hogan ... Gaggle Lady
James Hong
Emilio Linder Emilio Linder
Jack McGuigan Jack McGuigan ... Gaggle Man
Joëlle Morin ... Sick Girl
Miguel Ángel Tobías Miguel Ángel Tobías ... Soldado #2
Leona Toppel Leona Toppel ... Gaggle Lady
Ralph Santostefano Ralph Santostefano ... Patient (uncredited)

Produced by 

Julie Allan ... associate producer
Nicolas Clermont ... producer
Jacques Dorfmann ... co-producer
Pieter Kroonenburg ... producer
Xingang Wang ... co-producer (as Wang Xingang)

Music by 

Alan Reeves ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by 

Raoul Coutard ... (photographed by)
Mike Molloy ... (photographed by)

Editing by 

Angelo Corrao
Yves Langlois

Production Design by 

Enrique Alarcón ... (as Enrique Alarcon)
Ronald Fauteux
Michel Proulx
Huixing Ren

Art Direction by 

Michel Proulx

Costume Design by 

Olga Dimitrov

Makeup Department 

Ann Brodie ... makeup artist
Jamie Brown ... makeup artist
Kathryn Casault ... makeup artist
Francisca Guillot ... head hair stylist: Spain (as Paquita Guillot)
Mercedes Guillot ... makeup assistant: Spain
Gaétan Noiseux ... hair stylist
Johanne Paiement ... hair stylist
Marie-Angèle Protat ... makeup artist (as Marie-Angèle Breitner-Protat)
Miguel Sesé ... head makeup artist: Spain
Nathalie Trépanier ... extras makeup artist
Barney Burman ... prosthetic makeup department head (uncredited)
Rob Burman ... prosthetic makeup department head (uncredited)

Production Management 

Manon Bougie ... production manager (as Manon Bougie Boyer)
Jim Burt ... production executive: C.B.C.
Richard Châteauvert ... assistant unit manager
Alain Coiffier ... production manager: Spain
Micheline Garant ... production manager
John Gruetzner ... unit manager
Peter Measroch ... post-production supervisor
Hsing Wei Ping ... assistant unit manager
Danièle Rohrbach ... production manager (as Danielle Rohrback)
Guy Ross ... unit manager
Sean Ryerson ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Pierre Brassard ... third assistant director
Alejandro Calvo-Sotelo ... first assistant director: Spain
Manuel L. Cañizares ... second assistant director: Spain (as Manolo Lopez Canizares)
Ernest Day ... second unit director
Pedro Gandol ... first assistant director
Francois Gingras ... assistant director: extras (as François Gingras)
Tommy Groszman ... second assistant director
Maarten Kroonenburg ... second assistant director
Charlie Lázaro ... third assistant director: Spain
Anne Sirois ... third assistant director
C.K. Tang ... first assistant director: second unit

Art Department 

Jean Aubé ... graphic artist
Patrice Bengle ... property master
Rejean Brochu ... construction supervisor
Antonio Candalija ... assistant art department: Spain / assistant set dresser: Spain
Honorio Cruz ... set props: Spain
Mary Lynn Deachman ... set dresser (as Mary-Lynn Deachman)
Pierre-Yves Dupuis ... prop buyer
Raymond Dupuis ... assistant art director
Marc Fiquet ... prop buyer
Diane Gauthier ... set dresser
Ghislaine Grenon ... prop buyer (as Ghyslaine Grenon)
Raymond Larose ... draftsman
Abe Lee ... set dresser
Doreen Libman ... assistant art department coordinator
Don Mahon ... head carpenter
Ginette Paré ... assistant set dresser
Josée Pilon ... assistant set dresser
Réal Proulx ... assistant art director
Francisco Prósper ... construction manager: Spain
Mario Racicot ... assistant set props
André Ratelle ... prop buyer
Jean-Luc Reiher ... art department coordinator
Sasha Sergejewski ... third set production assistant
José M. Serrano ... set dresser: Spain (as José Serrano)
Tino Torrescusa ... property buyer: Spain
Boryana Varbanov ... assistant set dresser (as Boryana Vorbanov)

Sound Department 

Rob Bertola ... sound effects editor
Ralph Chiaravalloti ... dialogue editor / foley recordist
Gary Daprato ... foley artist
Steve Foster ... adr editor
Jim Frank ... post audio executive
Véronique Gabillaud ... boom operator
Steve Gorman ... sound effects editor
Peter Harper ... foley recordist
Chris Hutton ... sound effects designer (as Christopher Hutton)
Stephen Lawrence ... sound effects editor
Patrick Malone ... sound effects editor
Frank Morrone ... re-recording engineer
James Porteous ... re-recording engineer
Bob Predovich ... post audio executive
Patrick Rousseau ... sound
James Ryckman ... sound effects crew
John Sievert ... foley artist
Juzhen Sun ... sound mixer: China (as Sun Juzhen)
Steve Foster ... adr recording mixer (uncredited)
Yuri Gorbachow ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Eric Lambi ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Mike Palozzi ... post-production sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Reyes Abades ... special effects coordinator: Spain
Bob Carrol ... special effects (as Bob Carroll)
John Gant ... assistant special effects (as John Peter Gant)
Jacques Godbout ... special effects
David Neil Trifunovich ... special effects coordinator (as Neil N. Trifunovich)

Visual Effects by 

Serge Langlois ... opticals supervisor

Stunts 

Alain Petit ... stunt coordinator: Spain
Gonzalo Hernández ... horseman (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Pedro Alonso ... electrician: Spain
Jean-Paul Auclair ... generator operator
Robert B. Baylis ... grip (as Robert Baylis)
Steve Beasse ... second assistant cameraman
George Binnersley ... focus puller (as Georges Binnersley)
Michel Brault ... additional photography
Marc Charlebois ... best boy
Daniel Chrétien ... gaffer
Ray Coates ... generator operator (as Raymond Coates)
José Luis Criado ... focus puller: Spain (as Jose Louis Criado)
Pedro del Rey ... clapper loader: Spain
Steve Deme ... focus puller: second unit / second camera: second unit
Richard Georget ... generator operator
Serge Grenier ... key grip
Robert Guertin ... focus puller
Jean-Paul Houle ... generator operator
Tito Karla ... second camera: Spain (as Tito Carla)
David Kennedy ... best boy
Maarten Kroonenburg ... assistant camera
Sylvain Labrecque ... grip
Robert Lapierre Jr. ... key grip (as Robert Lapierre)
Martine Leclerc ... camera trainee
Frédéric Lefebvre ... grip
Juan Leiva ... second focus puller: Spain
Mike Lloyd ... second assistant cameraman
Alan Markfield ... still photographer
Prudencio Martínez ... gaffer: Spain
Eric Moynier ... second assistant cameraman (as Éric Moynier)
Bill Nicholson ... electrician (as William James Nicholson)
Miguel Palacios ... stills photographer: Spain
Miguel Parrondo ... clapper loader: Spain
Roger Pratt ... additional photography
Rafael Reyes ... electrician
Vic Sarin ... photography: second unit
Greg Schmitt ... key grip: second unit (as Greg Schmidt)
André Shéridan ... electrician
Alfonso Sáiz ... key grip: Spain (as Alfonso Saez)
Devy Tsou ... grip (as Davy Tsou)
Michel Vocoret ... gaffer
Jonathan Wenk ... still photographer
William Yim ... grip

Casting Department 

Deirdre Bowen ... casting: Toronto
Paco Garcia ... casting: Madrid
John Hubbard ... casting: London

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Mariane Carter ... head wardrobe mistress (as Marianne Carter)
Jacinthe Demers ... wardrobe assistant
Beverley Deutsch ... wardrobe mistress
Wenyan Gao ... wardrobe designer: China (as Gao Wenyan)
Ángel Gordo ... assistant wardrobe: Spain
Denise Lemieux ... head wardrobe mistress
Ginette Régis ... wardrobe assistant
John Stowe ... dresser: Mr. Sutherland
Veronica Toledo ... wardrobe mistress: Spain

Editorial Department 

Julie Allan ... editing consultant
Tim Boettcher ... assistant editor
Jacques Bournival ... editing technician
Mathieu Duncan ... supervisor: Touchvision
Gerda Gerke ... negative cutter
Georges Jardon ... post-production consultant
Janet Lazare ... assistant editor
Hildegarde Schaefer ... negative cutter (as Hildegard Schaefer)
Jean Szoges ... assistant editor
Pierre Thériault ... assistant: Touchvision
Daniel A. Valverde ... second assistant editor (as Daniel Valverde)
Lisa Weinstein ... second assistant editor
Vladymir Zabrinsky ... color timer (as Vladimir Zabransky)

Location Management 

Catherine Cartier ... location scout
Stefan Pleszczynski ... location scout
Marie Potvin ... location scout
Michèle St-Arnaud ... location scout
Sylvie Vincent ... location manager

Music Department 

David Franco ... music coordinator
Carl Zittrer ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department 

Monique Champagne ... script supervisor
France Lachapelle ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Jacques Arcouette ... picture vehicles coordinator
Edmond Delorimier ... driver
Gilles Emond ... driver
Éric Hébert ... driver
René Labelle ... driver
Richard Le Bon ... driver
Michel Léonard ... office runner
Réjane Racine ... office runner

Additional Crew 

Julie Allan ... story consultant
Anne Ardouin ... production assistant
Jean-Marin Basley ... production assistant
Micheline Cadieux ... production coordinator
Karko Caruzzi ... crew doctor
Christian Chabot ... production assistant
David Chang ... interpreter
Deborah Day ... production coordinator
Charlotte Dix ... craft service
Guy Ferland ... production assistant
Susanna Ferrari ... office coordinator: Beijing (as Suzanna Ferrari)
Ronald Gilbert ... accountant
Francis Gorzalka ... crew doctor (as Frances Gorzalka)
Nani Guibert ... production assistant: Spain
Jean Gérin ... production coordinator
Christiane Houle ... controller: Filmline
Renée Hébert ... coordinator: Filmline
Lorraine Jamison ... publicist
Pierre Jasmin ... cook
Kerstin Knote ... craft service
Marja Kroonenburg ... location accountant
Carole Lagacé ... accountant
Peter Landecker ... assistant to producer
Emily Liu ... assistant to director
Louise Makovsky ... assistant accountant (as Louise Makowsky)
Rosina Marchica ... stand-in
Benoît Mathieu ... production assistant
Marie-Hélène Moquin ... craft service
Gary Plaxton ... accountant
Danielle Rossignol ... office coordinator: Montreal
Nathalie Roy ... receptionist
Eugenia Soler ... production assistant: Spain
Peter Stratford ... stand-in
Kevin Tierney ... publicist
Anny Yu ... interpreter
Daxing Zhang ... assistant production coordinator: China
Shen Zhihua ... representative: China Film Corp.

Thanks 

Reza Mehran ... special thanks (as Dr. Reza Mehran)
Ludwig van Beethoven ... special thanks

See also

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