The Return of the Soldier
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.
Plot
In 1914, a group of British soldiers is preparing to leave England to fight on the Western Front in France, led by Captain Chris Baldry. He appears at one final farewell party thrown by his wife, Kitty, appearing withdrawn and distant throughout.
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author | Hugh Whitemore |
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director | Alan Bridges |
editor | Laurence Méry-Clark |
genre | drama historical |
keywords | british british soldier food rationing married nothing ration river understand united kingdom walk west western front |
musicBy | Richard Rodney Bennett |
producer | Simon Relph |
publisher | Twentieth Century Fox |