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For a Lost Soldier

1992 · 92 min · Director: Roeland Kerbosch ★ IMDb 7.5 · 5,336 ratings

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The story of a romantic relationship between a grown-up and a child. Set in the Netherlands near the end of WWII, the film is a flashback recalling an adolescent relationship between Jeroen and a Canadian soldier. A difficult subject handled with style and feeling.

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For a Lost Soldier (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness
  • Nostalgia

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sympathy
Sadness
Nostalgia
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathySadnessNostalgia
2.5 %≈ 2′Nostalgia32 %22 %15 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sympathy43 %39 %26 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sympathy49 %49 %29 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sympathy41 %40 %21 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Sympathy41 %38 %25 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Sympathy53 %44 %34 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension56 %34 %24 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Tension51 %16 %8 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Nostalgia40 %11 %3 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Love36 %21 %9 %15 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Love44 %34 %15 %15 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Love46 %35 %11 %13 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Tension46 %34 %10 %10 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Sympathy51 %38 %13 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Love54 %39 %14 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Love55 %44 %26 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Sympathy61 %55 %46 %26 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Sadness65 %56 %56 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Nostalgia67 %52 %58 %58 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MS
Maarten Smit

AK
Andrew Kelley

Jeroen Krabbé

Jeroen Boman (adult)

FS
Freark Smink

Hait

Ed
Elsje de Wijn

Mem

DK
Derk-Jan Kroon

Jan

WH
Wiendelt Hooijer

Henk

IM
Iris Misset

Bonden

Gd
Gineke de Jager

Elly

TD
Tatum Dagelet

Gertie

MK
Marie-José Kouwenhoven

Renske

VV
Valerie Valentine

Laura

WS
William Sutton

Chuck

AB
Andrew Butling

Ventriloquist

AC
Andrew Cassani

Winslow

MK
Moniek Kramer

Jeroen's Mother

Av
Antoinette van Belle

Supervisor

RG
Rients Gratama

Pastor

GL
Gees Linnebank

Schoolmaster

Sv
Steffen van der Kolk

Ballet Dancer

Details

Directed by
Roeland Kerbosch
Written by
Roeland Kerbosch, Don Bloch, Rudi van Dantzig
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
92 min
Country
Netherlands
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 5,336 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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