Resurrected

original title:
Resurrected
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1988
original length:
96 min. , color
premiere:
D: February 1989, Berlin International Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Paul Greengrass
film script:
Martin Allen
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cast (role):
Tom Bell , Rudi Davies , David Thewlis
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plot synopsis:
This film tells the true story of the British soldier David Thewlis, who was left behind in the Falklands after the war with Argentinia because he suffered from amnesia. Completely on his own he travels back from the Falkland Islands to his camp in England. Back home he is seen as a deserter and nobody believes his story.
keywords:
made-for-TV film , single fighter , post-war era , shell shock , behind enemy lines , authenticity
war:
Falklands War (1982)
literature:
Alberto Luis Zuppi: Die bewaffnete Auseinandersetzung zwischen dem Vereinigten Königreich und Argentinien im Südatlantik aus völkerrechtlicher Sicht. Köln: Heymann, 1990. ISBN: 3-452-21673-X

Paul Eddy, Magnus Linklater, Peter Gillman: Falkland: Der Krieg vor den Toren der Antarktis. Stuttgart: Seewald, 1985. ISBN: 3-512-00685-X
remarks:
Won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1989.
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