A Soldier's Tale

3.75

96 minutes

6/16/1988

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 List

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
Claudine Berg
as Older Woman
Philippe Le Mercier
as Gustav
Andrew Herman
as The Old Monk