Shipbuilder

Name: Shipbuilder
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1985
Duration: 6 min
Cast: Kristjana Gunnars, Galen Wahlmeier, Sasha Konowal

1985

6min

Documentary

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Overview

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.