
Shipbuilder
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?
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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.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- immigrant
- canada
- mental illness
- farming
- saskatchewan
- prairies
- eccentric man
- transporting boat
Top billed cast
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Videos
Release dates
CanadaCA
- TheatricalG1 Jan 1985
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Shipbuilder was released on 1 January 1985.
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