The Return of the Soldier (1982)

Directed by

Alan Bridges

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shell-shocked officer returns from World War I with memory loss. He does not recognize his wife but remembers a woman from his past.

melancholicslow-burnpoignantrestrainedemotionalintimatesomberperiod-piece

What happens

The Return of the Soldier is a 1982 British drama film starring Alan Bates as Baldry and co-starring Julie Christie, Ian Holm, Glenda Jackson, and Ann-Margret about a shell-shocked officer's return from the First World War. It was based on the 1918 novel of the same name by Rebecca West; it was directed by Alan Bridges and written by Hugh Whitemore. The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film was the first to be given a PG certificate by the British Board of Film Classification. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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