The Unknown Soldier Movie Review 1998

Fine performances in an ultimately depressing drama, with some unexpected twists, focusing on the tragedy of war. When aristocratic Sophia Carey's (Aubrey) ancestral home is turned into a private hospital for WWI soldiers, she seriously takes up her nursing duties. One of her latest patients is an amnesiac, initially mute soldier nicknamed Angel (Mavers) by the men who rescued him in France. Sophia falls hopelessly in love with the traumatized Angel but the working-class Jenny (McGuckin) claims Angel is actually her fiance John and the military police believe he's a deserter wanted for murder.

Distribution

VideoPreview Collection, National Fulfillment Center, PO Box 4055, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Toll-free: 800-771-9232, Fax: (310)399-4844

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 180 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Romantic Triangles, World War I, Amnesia, Military: Foreign, Doctors & Nurses, Pregnant Pauses, Tragedy, Suicide

Screenplay

Peter Barwood

Cast

Juliet Aubrey, Gary Mavers, Aislin McGuckin

Director

David Drury