Underplayed Gems

The Return of the Soldier (1982)

The Return of the Soldier poster
Directed by
Alan Bridges
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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.

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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)

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