For a Lost Soldier (1992)
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Overview
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.
Where to watch For a Lost Soldier
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|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Kanopy | Fandango At Home | Fandango At Home |
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What is For a Lost Soldier about?
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 Drama, War movie, released on 1992-09-18, runtime 92 minutes.
Is For a Lost Soldier worth watching?
TMDB users rate For a Lost Soldier 6.8 out of 10 from 81 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
Where can I watch For a Lost Soldier?
In the United States, For a Lost Soldier is free to watch on Kanopy and can be rented from Fandango At Home. Movie World also lists online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Roeland Kerbosch
Cast
- Maarten Smit as Jeroen Boman (young)
- Jeroen Krabbé as Jeroen Boman (adult)
- Andrew Kelley as Walt Cook
- Freark Smink as Hait
- Elsje de Wijn as Mem
- Derk-Jan Kroon as Jan
- Wiendelt Hooijer as Henk
- Iris Misset as Bonden
- Gineke de Jager as Elly
- Tatum Dagelet as Gertie
- Marie-José Kouwenhoven as Renske
- Valerie Valentine as Laura
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