Drama

For a Lost Soldier

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.

Release Date : 1992-09-18

Language :DutchEnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : AVROSigma Film Productions

Production Country : Netherlands

Alternative Titles : For a Lost Soldier

Cast

Character Name : Jeroen Boman (young)

Original Name : Maarten Smit

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeroen Boman (adult)

Original Name : Jeroen Krabbé

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walt Cook

Original Name : Andrew Kelley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hait

Original Name : Freark Smink

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mem

Original Name : Elsje de Wijn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jan

Original Name : Derk-Jan Kroon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henk

Original Name : Wiendelt Hooijer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bonden

Original Name : Iris Misset

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elly

Original Name : Gineke de Jager

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gertie

Original Name : Tatum Dagelet

Gender : Female

Character Name : Renske

Original Name : Marie-José Kouwenhoven

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laura

Original Name : Valerie Valentine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chuck

Original Name : William Sutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ventriloquist

Original Name : Andrew Butling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Winslow

Original Name : Andrew Cassani

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeroen's Mother

Original Name : Moniek Kramer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Supervisor

Original Name : Antoinette van Belle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pastor

Original Name : Rients Gratama

Gender : Male