Character Relationship Map: Resurrected

Characters

• Mr Deakin (played by Tom Bell) — protagonist

  Mr Deakin is a member of Kevin Deakin's family who welcomes him home after he is found alive. He celebrates Kevin Deakin as a returned war hero, but the family's expectation that Kevin resume an ordin...

• Mrs. Deakin (played by Rita Tushingham) — supporting

  Mrs. Deakin is part of Kevin Deakin's family and joins the village in celebrating his unexpected return from the war. She participates in efforts to restore him to normal domestic life, but Kevin Deak...

• Kevin Deakin (played by David Thewlis) — supporting

  Kevin Deakin is the central character, a soldier who returns after being believed dead in the war. He remembers trying to rescue wounded men but cannot clearly explain what happened afterward. Celebra...

• Slaven (played by Christopher Fulford) — supporting

  Slaven is a witness in the military hearing concerning Kevin Deakin's conduct during the battle. Contrary to the accusation that Kevin abandoned the wounded, Slaven insists that Kevin saved Johnny Fod...

• Julie (played by Rudi Davies) — supporting

  Julie is the woman who had hoped to build a future with Kevin Deakin before his return. She encounters a man profoundly altered by battlefield memories and emotional isolation, so their relationship b...

• Hibbert (played by David Lonsdale) — supporting

  Hibbert is the principal accuser at the military hearing. He claims that Kevin Deakin ran from the battle and abandoned wounded soldiers, directly challenging the heroic account of Kevin's actions and...

• Denzil Clausen (played by Kenny Ireland) — minor

  Denzil Clausen discovers an exhausted English soldier near a farmhouse and becomes the person who encounters Kevin Deakin after the war has already ended. His discovery initiates Kevin Deakin's return...

• Johnny Fodden (played by Gary Mavers) — minor

  Johnny Fodden is a wounded soldier whom Kevin Deakin was trying to bring down from the fighting. He had suffered a severe head wound, and the conflicting hearing testimony centers partly on whether Ke...

• Vicar (played by Paul Geoffrey) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Kevin Deakin → Julie (Romantic Partners) — Julie and Kevin share a disrupted romantic connection shaped by his traumatic return.

  Julie had hoped to build a future with Kevin, but she finds that he has changed after returning from the war.

• Mrs. Deakin → Kevin Deakin (Family Member) — Mrs. Deakin is a close family member involved in Kevin's return.

  Mrs. Deakin welcomes Kevin Deakin home with the family and village after he is believed to have died.

• Mr Deakin → Kevin Deakin (Family Member) — Mr Deakin belongs to Kevin's family and participates in his homecoming.

  Mr Deakin is part of Kevin Deakin's family and welcomes him home after he returns from the war.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Vicar → Kevin Deakin (Narrative Public Eulogist) — The Vicar helps establish Kevin's public image as a heroic war dead.

  At the village ceremony, the Vicar praises Kevin's courage and describes his repeated returns through shellfire to search for wounded friends.

• Denzil Clausen → Kevin Deakin (Social Discoverer) — Denzil is the first listed character to encounter Kevin after his unexplained return.

  Denzil Clausen discovers an exhausted English soldier near a farmhouse, and the stranger identifies himself as Kevin Deakin.

• Slaven → Hibbert (Conflict Opposing Witnesses) — Slaven and Hibbert present contradictory accounts of Kevin's battlefield conduct.

  At the military hearing, Hibbert accuses Kevin of fleeing while Slaven insists that Kevin saved Johnny's life.

• Slaven → Kevin Deakin (Alliance Defender) — Slaven supports Kevin's claim that he did not abandon the wounded.

  Slaven insists that Kevin Deakin saved Johnny Fodden's life during the battle.

• Kevin Deakin → Hibbert (Conflict Accuser And Accused) — Hibbert directly challenges Kevin's account and reputation.

  At the military hearing, Hibbert claims that Kevin ran from the battle and abandoned the wounded.

• Kevin Deakin → Johnny Fodden (Alliance Protector) — Kevin attempts to rescue Johnny during the battle.

  Kevin says that he became lost while helping bring Johnny Fodden, who had suffered a severe head wound, down from the fighting.

Story Analysis

A presumed-dead soldier returns to a village that celebrates his legend while questioning the damaged man who survived.

Plot Progression

1. A Hero Returns From The Dead — The village mourns Kevin Deakin as a war hero before Denzil discovers an exhausted soldier who claims to be Kevin. His return immediately challenges the village's understanding of time and death.
2. Homecoming Under Pressure — Kevin returns to his family and is welcomed as a heroic survivor. Yet his memories of the battlefield prevent him from accepting the ordinary life others expect him to resume.
3. The Cost Of Survival — Kevin's trauma changes his relationship with Julie and alienates him from his family. The revelation about the Manchester consultation deepens uncertainty about his identity and survival.
4. The Hero Rejects The Village — Family pressure and public praise become intolerable to Kevin. He rejects the patriotic image imposed on him and accuses the village of using his story for its own pride.
5. Judgment Without Certainty — A military hearing pits Hibbert's accusation against Slaven's defense. Kevin's fragmented memory cannot resolve the question of desertion, and the film ends with his guilt and future uncertain.