Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World

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Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World

2013

2h 10m

6.6(36 votes)

Drama

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Overview

Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.

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42 members

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Antoine Bertrand

Louis Cyr

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Guillaume Cyr

Horace Barré

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Rose-Maïté Erkoreka

Mélina Cyr

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Gilbert Sicotte

Gustave Lambert

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Gil Bellows

Richard K. Fox

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Cliff Saunders

Mac Somher

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Amélie Grenier

Philomène Cyr

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Éliane Gagnon

Émiliana Cyr (18 ans)

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Naomi La

Émiliana Cyr (4-6 ans)

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Frédéric Lemay

Pierrot Cyr (18 ans)

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Charles-Olivier Pelletier

Pierrot Cyr (10 ans)

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Nico Racicot

Adam Pricket

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Normand Carrière

Pierre Cyr

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Marilyn Castonguay

Marie-Amélina Cyr (19 ans)

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Elias Toufexis

Bryce Johnston

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Dave Simard

Eugene Sandow

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Simon Boudreau

David Michaud

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Neil Kroetsch

Dr. Dudley Sargent

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Gaston Caron

Président Société St-Jean Baptiste

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Alain Lépine

Honoré Mercier

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Olivier Archambault-Bouffard

Homme fort #2

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Patrick Caux

Homme fort #3

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Eugene Brotto

British reporter

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Chris Cavener

Irlandais #1

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Charlotte Comtois

Émiliana Cyr, bébé

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Irlande Côté

Soeur de Louis Cyr

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Myriam Côté

Contorsionniste

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Martin Dansky

Dr. Morgan

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Pierre Gaudette

Manager

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Alain Goulem

Professor Attila

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Annabelle Guérin

Odile Cyr (6 ans)

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Mireille Jodoin

Infirmière

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Thomas Liccioni

Mulligan

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Marc-Olivier Maheu

Circus Spectator

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Olivia Palacci

Dame (fan de Sandow)

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Maude Payette

Dame (autographe Ferme Cyr)

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Marc Primeau

Circus Spectator

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Sébastien Rouleau

Militaire bagarreur

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Dany Tanguay

Strongman

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Brian D. Wright

British Reporter

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Émilise Lessard-Therrien

Crowds

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Michael Richard

Employé du cirque

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