For a Lost Soldier (1992)
- Original title
- Voor een verloren soldaat
- Directed by
- Roeland Kerbosch
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Netherlands
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- 18A
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 78 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the final months of World War II, a Dutch boy living in a small village meets a Canadian soldier who is there to help liberate the country. The two form a close and romantic bond that shapes the boy's understanding of love and loss.
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What happens
For a Lost Soldier (Dutch: Voor een Verloren Soldaat) is a 1992 Dutch coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Roeland Kerbosch, based on the autobiographical novel of the same title by ballet dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig. It is centered around an adult Canadian soldier (Andrew Kelley) who meets a young Dutch kid (Maarten Smit) in rural 1945 Holland. They experience a romantic and sexual relationship during the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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