The Virgin Soldiers
- 1969 film
Comic war movie following the exploits of a bunch of National Service conscripts serving in Singapore in the 1950s. Stars Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Rachel Kempson, Tsai Chin and more.
The Virgin Soldiers
Set in Singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of Leslie Thomas's 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 (Shelley, The Family Way) and Nigel Davenport (Don't Rock The Boat), 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.
This high definition remaster is presented with original mono audio sound track.
First released: Monday 25th March 2019
Extra features
- Interview with co-screenwriter Ian La Frenais (2019)
- Interview with actor Roy Holder (2019)
- 16mm on-set footage (1969): Rare and previously unseen material shot on location
- Operation Malaya (1953): David MacDonald's acclaimed feature-length docudrama on the Malayan Emergency
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery of on-set and promotional photography
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by author Scott Harrison, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- Distributor: Powerhouse Films
- Region: All
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 96
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: PHILTD142
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