The Good Soldier is a 1981 British television drama film directed by Kevin Billington, starring Robin Ellis, Vickery Turner, Jeremy Brett and Susan Fleetwood.

[1] John and Florence Dowells, and the aristocratically English Edward and Leonora Ashburnham, met regularly and pleasantly in a small German spa town for nine years.

Then, with shocking suddenness, the even, stable and civilized pattern of their lives are broken under the impact of a series of brutal events and dramatic revelations.

[2] In a contemporary review, the New York Times wrote the series was "adapted beautifully" and "it has been transposed to the television screen splendidly...

"[3] In a 2015 review of the book, Kevin T. Di Camillo called the adaptation "pretty forgettable".