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The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

Barcode 5060697924633
Blu-ray

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Release Date: 22/07/2024

Edition: Remastered
Region Code: Blu-ray Region Free
Certificate: 15
Label: Powerhouse Films
Actors: Jack Shepherd, Tsai Chin, Hywel Bennett, Christopher Timothy, Michael Gwynn, Nigel Patrick, Roy Holder, David Bowie, Jolyon Jackley, Don Hawkins, Geoffrey Hughes, Lynn Redgrave, Nigel Davenport, Rachel Kempson
Director: John Dexter
Number of Discs: 1
Duration: 95 minutes
Audio Languages: English
Subtitle Languages: English

Set in Singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of Leslie Thomas’ best-selling, scandalous novel centres on a group of naïve, young British Army recruits billeted to Malaya who have no experience of either love or war.

Both affectionate and affecting in its look at young men in wartime, the film has a wonderful cast which includes Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl, The National Health), Hywel Bennett (The Family Way, Twisted Nerve) and Nigel Davenport (The Third Secret, The Mind of Mr. Soames), along with early appearances from Christopher Timothy, Wayne Sleep, James Cosmo – and a young David Bowie. Genuine and heartfelt, The Virgin Soldiers is an insightful and hugely underrated British comic drama.

Special Features: Bonus Footage, Documentaries: 'Operation Malaya' (1953), Image Gallery, Interviews: Roy Holder and Christopher Timothy (actors); Ian La Frenais (writer), Isolated music & effects track; 16mm location footage, Trailers
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