

Sommersby
She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $140.1M
- Language
- English
- husband wife relationship
- court case
- war veteran
- ku klux klan
- southern usa
- village life
- return
- peasant
- suspicion of murder
- gallows
- violent husband
- death sentence
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-135 Feb 1993
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1223 Apr 1993
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+2 Sept 1993
FinlandFI
- TVK-165 Feb 1993
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1218 Mar 1993
ItalyIT
- Theatrical12 Mar 1993
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1229 Apr 1993
- Physical12DVD23 Feb 2000
- TV12Net 510 Aug 2002
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/127 May 1993
SlovakiaSK
- TV12LUNA25 Dec 1999
- TV12DOMA27 Nov 2011
- TV12RTVS Jednotka9 Apr 2012
- TV12STVR Jednotka3 Nov 2024
SwedenSE
- Theatrical155 Feb 1993
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Sommersby was released on 5 February 1993.
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1- J8/10
John Chard
4/14/2019
You and this child are in danger of spending eternity in everlasting damnation! Directed by Jon Amiel, Sommersby is adapted from the historical account of 16th Century French peasant Martin Guerre. It was previously filmed as The Return of Martin Guerre in 1982. It stars Richard Gere, Jodie Foster and Bill Pullman. Music is by Danny Elfman and cinematography by Philippe Rousselot. In simple terms the film is…
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