The Return of the Soldier (film)
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| Directed by | Alan Bridges |
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Simon Relph Ann Skinner J. Gordon Arnold |
| Written by | Hugh Whitemore |
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Julie Christie Alan Bates Glenda Jackson Ann-Margret |
| Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Edited by | Laurence Méry-Clark |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
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99 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Return of the Soldier is a 1982 British 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.
It was directed by Alan Bridges and written by Hugh Whitemore based on the novel of the same name by Rebecca West. The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was the first to be given a PG certificate by the British Board of Film Classification.
In 1914, a group of British soldiers is preparing to leave to fight in The Great War in France led by Captain Chris Baldry (Bates). He appears at one final farewell party thrown by his wife, Kitty (Christie), and throughout he seems withdrawn and distant.
The story moves on to 1916. Kitty and her companion, Jenny Baldry (Ann-Margret), are living in England. Jenny is concerned because they have heard nothing from Chris' regiment, but Kitty dismisses her fears, more concerned by the rising prices of commodities in wartime Britain.
Their quiet war is shattered by the unexpected visit of a Margaret Grey (Jackson), who has been written to by Chris from his hospital bed. She says Chris is ill and has been brought back to England, but cannot reveal more. Kitty refuses to believe the visitor and has her thrown out. It is only when she studies the telegram carefully that she realises it is genuine and that her husband is in fact in a London hospital.
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