10 Facts About Sommersby

Sommersby is a 1993 American romantic period drama film directed by Jon Amiel from a screenplay written by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, adapted from the historical account of the 16th century French peasant Martin Guerre.

John "Jack" Sommersby left his farm to fight in the American Civil War and is presumed dead after six years.

Sommersby's makes remarriage plans with one of her neighbors, Orin Meacham, who has been helping her and her young son with the farmwork.

Sommersby is kind and loving to Laurel and their young son, Rob.

Sommersby persuades the townsfolk to pool their resources to buy seed, offering them to share-crop on his land, and to sell them their plots at a fair price once the mortgage is cleared.

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Joseph, a black freedman living on Sommersby's land, is brutally attacked and brought to Sommersby's door by hooded night riders proclaiming themselves the Knights of the White Camellia .

Sommersby is said to have deserted the Confederate Army and ended up in prison.

Sommersby's calls back to him, and the two see each other before he is executed.

Sommersby's then kneels by the gravestone of "John Robert Sommersby" and lays the flowers down for him.

Sommersby is based on the French film The Return of Martin Guerre which in turn is based on the true story of Martin Guerre.