Thousand Yard Stare

Returning home after fighting in Africa during World War II, a soldier with PTSD finds reintegrating with family life increasingly difficult as he relives the battle of Kasserine Pass.

Cast

Kirsten Wendlandt

as Barbara Rothach

Kelten Jensen

as Pvt. Inglis

Christopher Giles

as James Rothach

Gin Fedotov

as Gefreiter Krause

Kelsey Flower

as Pvt. Hobbs

Adam Munro

as Roland Rothach

Michael Dodge

as Hauptmann Leise

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