The Return of the Soldier

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The Return of the Soldier is a 1982 British drama film, based on Rebecca West’s novel, that explores memory, class, and the emotional aftermath of World War I through the story of an amnesiac officer and the women in his life.

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instanceOf film
adaptationOf The Return of the Soldier (novel) NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork Rebecca West NERFINISHED
basedOn The Return of the Soldier (novel) NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Stephen Goldblatt NERFINISHED
composer Richard Rodney Bennett NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Alan Bridges NERFINISHED
distributor ITC Films NERFINISHED
editor Mary Kelly NERFINISHED
filmingLocation England NERFINISHED
genre period drama film
war drama film
hasSetting Baldry country estate NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Captain Chris Baldry NERFINISHED
Kitty Baldry NERFINISHED
Margaret Grey NERFINISHED
medium feature film
narrativeFocus amnesia
class differences
emotional aftermath of war
memory
originalLanguage English
portrayedBy Alan Bates NERFINISHED
Ann-Margret NERFINISHED
Glenda Jackson NERFINISHED
Julie Christie NERFINISHED
portrays post-traumatic stress in soldiers
shell shock
producer Ben Arbeid NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1918
releaseYear 1982
runtime 99 minutes
screenwriter Hugh Whitemore NERFINISHED
setDuring World War I NERFINISHED
supportingActor Frank Finlay NERFINISHED
Ian Holm NERFINISHED
Patricia Hodge NERFINISHED
supportingCharacter Jenny Baldry NERFINISHED
theme female perspectives on war
love and sacrifice
marital fidelity
social class
trauma of war
timePeriodOfSetting 1910s

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Goldcrest Films notableWork The Return of the Soldier
Sarah Radclyffe notableWork The Return of the Soldier
this entity surface form: The Return of the Soldier (as associate producer)
Dame Rebecca West notableWork The Return of the Soldier
subject surface form: Rebecca West
Memorial Enterprises backed The Return of the Soldier