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Carry on, Sergeant! (1928)

Carry on, Sergeant! poster
Original title
Carry On, Sergeant!
Directed by
Bruce Bairnsfather
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 57m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It is a silent drama about Canadian soldiers in World War I. It follows their experiences on the battlefield and at home.

melancholicsomberhistoricalseriouswar-adjacentquietly epicearnestslow-paced

What happens

Carry On, Sergeant! is a 1928 Canadian World War I drama, and is considered to be one of the earliest Canadian feature-length motion pictures. Costing CA$500,000 (equivalent to $9,021,978 in 2025) to make, it certainly was the most expensive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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