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.
- Released
- 1988-06-16
- Genres
- Romance, War, Drama
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Larry Parr, Grant Hindin-Miller, Larry Parr
- TMDB rating
- 4.2/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Gabriel Byrne as Saul
- Marianne Basler as Belle
- Paul Wyett as Charlie
- Judge Reinhold as The Yank
- Benoît Régent as Father Superior
- Maurice Garrel as M. Pradier
- Jacques Mathou as Woulf
- Bernard Farcy as André
- Roch Leibovici as The Kid
- Claude Mann as Winterhalter
- Nicolas Tronc as Balthazar
- Véronique Müller as Simone