Voor een verloren soldaat
- Drama
- War
In the occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, a young teenager, Jeroen Boman (Maarten Smit) is sent to the Dutch countryside to avoid the war in Amsterdam. While living with his adopted family, Jeroen meets and becomes friends with a Canadian soldier named Walt Cook, who is stationed at the same town he is staying at. Joroen and Walt spend a lot of time playing around and eventually a romantic relationship develops between them. The boy’s sexual curiosity leads him to have a sexual experience with Walt, an encounter that is shown with some vague detail but without actually showing any nudity, even though sexual intimacy between the two of them is implied. Overall, the movie handles this difficult subject with an elegant style and feeling, without having the adult-child relationship overwhelm the viewer and thus allowing the movie to be seen as just a wartime relationship between two people that marks an important time in a young boy’s life.
For a Lost Soldier is a 1992 Dutch war drama set in occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, following a young teenager named Jeroen who develops a significant emotional and romantic connection with a Canadian soldier stationed nearby. The film explores their relationship during wartime with artistic restraint, examining how this encounter shapes an important period in the boy's life.
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Maarten SmitJeroen Boman (young)
Jeroen KrabbéJeroen Boman (adult)- Andrew KelleyWalt Cook
- Freark SminkHait
Elsje de WijnMem- Derk-Jan KroonJan
- Wiendelt HooijerHenk
- Iris MissetBonden
- Gineke de JagerElly
Tatum DageletGertie- Marie-José KouwenhovenRenske
- Valerie ValentineLaura
- William SuttonChuck
- Andrew ButlingVentriloquist
- Andrew CassaniWinslow
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When was For a Lost Soldier released?
The film was released on September 18, 1992.
What is the plot about?
The story follows Jeroen, a young Dutch teenager sent to the countryside during WWII to escape the war in Amsterdam, who meets and befriends a Canadian soldier named Walt Cook stationed in the same town. Their friendship develops into a romantic relationship that becomes a formative experience for the boy.
Where does the film take place?
The film is set in the occupied Netherlands near the end of World War II, specifically in the Dutch countryside where the protagonist is staying with his adopted family.
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