Voor een verloren soldaat
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 (1992) is a drama and war film directed by Roeland Kerbosch, released on September 18, 1992 with a runtime of 1h 32m. It stars Maarten Smit, Jeroen Krabbé, Andrew Kelley and Freark Smink. Viewers rate it 6.8 out of 10 across 81 ratings.
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
Directed by Roeland Kerbosch, written by Rudi van Dantzig, Roeland Kerbosch and Don Bloch, produced by Matthijs van Heijningen.
Average viewer score of 6.8/10 from 81 ratings.
spoiler alert: This was set in 2 times, one in 1945 when a boy (maybe about 10) is fostered in a safer area during the war. As the war end, soldiers come and liberate the town. One soldier (maybe 20) takes an interest in the boy and starts to groom him and it goes further and there's some really cringey stuff going on. I think the only thing the soldier lost were his morals. Then he leaves and the boy gets no…
Reviewed on September 8, 2026
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The main cast of For a Lost Soldier (1992) includes Maarten Smit, Jeroen Krabbé, Andrew Kelley, Freark Smink and Elsje de Wijn. The film was directed by Roeland Kerbosch. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
For a Lost Soldier was released on September 18, 1992 and runs for 1h 32m.
For a Lost Soldier (1992) holds an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 from 81 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and war films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
