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Soldier's Home (1977)

Soldier's Home poster
Directed by
Robert Young
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
42 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young soldier returns from World War I to his small hometown. He struggles to reconnect with his family and adjust to ordinary life.

sombersubduedintrospectivemelancholicrestrainedquietuneasyreflective

What happens

Soldier's Home is a 1977 American short film adaptation of the 1925 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway which was originally broadcast as part of The American Short Story series on PBS on April 25, 1977. It was directed by Robert Young, adapted by Robert Geller and starred Richard Backus and Nancy Marchand. The musical score is by Dick Hyman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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