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Its 1914, the beginning of WWI. In White River, Ontario, en route to a training camp in Valcartier, Québec, with the Winnipeg section of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, Army Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, who has a natural rapport with animals, saves a black bear cub from being killed by a hunter, who killed the cubs mother. Not knowing what else to do with the cub, Harry brings her along to camp to act as the units mascot, who he names Winnie - short for Winnipeg. Most of the men in the unit bond with Winnie, but having such a mascot is against the wishes of the head of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces veterinary division, Colonel Barret. Barret is a tough but fair man, who may have more problems than Winnie in the form of the Expeditionary Forces commanding officer, General Hallholland, a dipsomaniac who uses his position in the army for his own vainglorious purposes. Winnies stay with Harry and the unit is not always a smooth one, especially in trying to stay under Barrets radar. Over time, Winnie becomes completely tame, craving human companionship, which Harry realizes is a problem as the unit is scheduled to get shipped overseas to England and eventually to France to do their duty on the front lines. Sending Winnie back into the wild may no longer be a viable option, as Winnie has a mind of her own, but finding a home for her where she will get the human companionship she craves or else possibly die from not having what she needs - which means an owner that understands that shes no ordinary bear - may be a problem.
Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration for A.A.Milnes Winnie The Pooh stories.
Michael Fassbender
Harry Colebourn
Gil Bellows
Colonel Barret
David Suchet
General Hallholland
Stephen Fry
Protheroe
Jonathon Young
Macray
Aaron Ashmore
Corporal Randy Taylor
Ted Atherton
Captain Elliot
Robert Gauvin
Sgt. Major Picard
Joshua J. Ballard
Timmy
Miriam Smith
Timmy's Mother
Arne MacPherson
Wallace
Nathan Valente
Evans
Stan Lesk
George
Chris Sigurdson
Major Crawford
Carson Nattrass
Captain Osbourn
Jon Ted Wynne
Conductor
Paul Christie
Officer #1
Grahame Merke
Officer #2
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