: The Hero Returns is a popular manhwa/web novel (known in French as Le retour du héros ) about a warrior named Kim Sung Bin who fails to save the world and is sent back in time. Watch Options (2018 Film)

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: The theme of the "return of the hero" is central to Sophocles' tragedy The Trachiniae (Les Trachiniennes), which depicts Heracles returning home to his wife, Deianira.

: A historical "divertissement" titled Le Vainqueur d'Austerlitz, ou le Retour du Héros was performed at the Théâtre Molière in 1806.

The film is widely available for streaming and rental as of April 2026: : The Roku Channel , Tubi , PLEX , and Fandango at Home .

The term is also associated with several theatrical and literary works:

(The Return of the Hero) refers most prominently to a 2018 French historical comedy film directed by Laurent Tirard, starring Jean Dujardin and Mélanie Laurent. Set in 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, it follows Captain Neuville, a cowardly soldier who becomes an accidental hero due to a series of forged letters written by his fiancée's sister.