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A Soldier's Tale

A Soldier's Tale

IMDB:

3.8
A Soldier's Tale

Released

6/16/1988

Duration

1h 36m

Genre

Romance, War, Drama

Country

New Zealand

Cast

Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Paul Wyett

Overview

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.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Saul

Gabriel Byrne

Marianne Basler

Belle

Marianne Basler

Paul Wyett

Charlie

Paul Wyett

Judge Reinhold

The Yank

Judge Reinhold

Benoît Régent

Father Superior

Benoît Régent

Maurice Garrel

M. Pradier

Maurice Garrel

Jacques Mathou

Woulf

Jacques Mathou

Bernard Farcy

André

Bernard Farcy

Roch Leibovici

The Kid

Roch Leibovici

Claude Mann

Winterhalter

Claude Mann

Nicolas Tronc

Balthazar

Nicolas Tronc

Véronique Müller

Simone

Véronique Müller