A Soldier's Tale

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.

Directed by Larry Parr

Top cast

Gabriel Byrne

Saul

Marianne Basler

Belle

P

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

V

Véronique Müller

Simone

C

Claudine Berg

Older Woman

P

Philippe Le Mercier

Gustav

A

Andrew Herman

The Old Monk

Details