The Dionne Quintuplets (1978)

ALL 11/19/1978 (en) Documentary 90 Min
  • Release
    11/19/1978
  • Production
    CBC, ONF | NFB
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Dionne Quintuplets
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.

  1. Donald Brittain

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Annette Dionne

    Self (Archive Footage)

  2. Cécile Dionne

    Self (Archive Footage)

  3. Émilie Dionne

    Self (Archive Footage)

  4. Marie Dionne

    Self (Archive Footage)

  5. Yvonne Dionne

    Self (Archive Footage)

  6. Pierre Berton

    Narrator

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 6 , Crews : 1

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The Dionne Quintuplets (1978) 90 Min

ALL 11/19/1978 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 11/19/1978
  • Production
    CBC, ONF | NFB
  • Original title The Dionne Quintuplets
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family.

  1. Donald Brittain

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer