For a Lost Soldier (Dutch: Voor een Verloren Soldaat) is a 1992 Dutch coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Roeland Kerbosch, based on the autobiographical novel of the same title by ballet dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

It is centered around an adult[1][2] Canadian soldier (Andrew Kelley) who meets a young Dutch boy (Maarten Smit) in rural 1945 Holland.

A document and vintage sunglasses on his desk reveal he is searching for a Canadian soldier named Walt.

Jeroen decides to visit the village where he lived with his foster family, bringing the sunglasses and engaging in mental “conversations” with his teenage self.

On his first night, he wets the bed while sharing it with Henk, his foster parents' slightly older son, and begins to realize he is gay.

Returning home, he sees his older foster sister hanging laundry, including the shirt with Walt’s ruined photo.

"[2] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote that due to a lack of clarity over the homosexual themes, the film "delves into issues far too serious and controversial for such questions to go unanswered."

"[6] The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), a pedophilia advocacy organization, praised the film, focusing on the relationship between the adult and child.

There is one long, lovingly photographed close-up of the boy's face as the soldier, lying upon him, penetrates him anally.

All of this is handled in perfect taste, of necessity with a minimum of words, since the boy speaks little English and the soldier no Dutch."

NAMBLA used the film to justify pedophilic relationships, comparing the fight against child abuse and pedophilia to the persecution of "Jew[s], Gypsy[s], and homosexual[s].