For a Lost Soldier (1992)
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.
Director: Roeland Kerbosch
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Maarten Smit as Jeroen Boman (young) |
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Jeroen Krabbé as Jeroen Boman (adult) |
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Andrew Kelley as Walt Cook |
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Freark Smink as Hait |
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Elsje de Wijn as Mem |
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Derk-Jan Kroon as Jan |
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Wiendelt Hooijer as Henk |
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Iris Misset as Bonden |
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Gineke de Jager as Elly |
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Tatum Dagelet as Gertie |
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Marie-José Kouwenhoven as Renske |
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Valerie Valentine as Laura |
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William Sutton as Chuck |
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Andrew Butling as Ventriloquist |
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Andrew Cassani as Winslow |
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Moniek Kramer as Jeroen's Mother |
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Antoinette van Belle as Supervisor |
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Rients Gratama as Pastor |
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Gees Linnebank as Schoolmaster |
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Steffen van der Kolk as Ballet Dancer |
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Bonnie Doets as Ballet Dancer |
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Cathelijne Lussen as Ballet Dancer |
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Loes Muizeveld as Ballet Dancer |
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Kathelijne van der Zwaan as Ballet Dancer |
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Yuri Huyg as Ballet Dancer |
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Marcel Vogelaar as Ballet Dancer |
| Directing | Roeland Kerbosch | Director |
| Writing | Rudi van Dantzig | Novel |
| Writing | Roeland Kerbosch | Writer |
| Writing | Don Bloch | Writer |
| Camera | Nils Post | Director of Photography |
| Editing | August Verschueren | Editor |
| Production | Guurtje Buddenberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Matthijs van Heijningen | Producer |
| Sound | Joop Stokkermans | Music |
