A Soldier's Tale (1988)
In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) and his corporal (Paul Wyett) reach an isolated farmhouse and encounter a beautiful French girl named Belle (Marianne Basler). Love blooms between Saul and Belle, but the grim realities of war catch up with them when a French Resistance trio claims that Belle is a Nazi collaborator. Judge Reinhold appears briefly as the token Yank.
- Date of release
- 1988-06-16
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Romance, War, Drama
- Director
- Larry Parr
Casting
- Gabriel Byrne — Saul
- Marianne Basler — Belle
- Paul Wyett — Charlie
- Judge Reinhold — The Yank
- Benoît Régent — Father Superior
- Maurice Garrel — M. Pradier
- Jacques Mathou — Woulf
- Bernard Farcy — André
- Roch Leibovici — The Kid
- Claude Mann — Winterhalter
- Nicolas Tronc — Balthazar
- Véronique Müller — Simone
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Normandy
A Soldier's Tale is a 1988 New Zealand romantic war film directed and produced by Larry Parr and starring Gabriel Byrne and Marianne Basler. It is based on a novel by M. K. Joseph.
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