Movie
A Soldier's Tale
Released: June 16, 1988 (1988)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Genres: Romance, War, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Maurice Garrel as M. Pradier
Age at release: 65
- Claude Mann as Winterhalter
Age at release: 47
- Bernard Farcy as André
Age at release: 39
- Gabriel Byrne as Saul
Age at release: 38
- Jacques Mathou as Woulf
Age at release: 35
- Benoît Régent as Father Superior
Age at release: 34
- Judge Reinhold as The Yank
Age at release: 31
- Marianne Basler as Belle
Age at release: 24
- Roch Leibovici as The Kid
Age at release: 23
- Paul Wyett as Charlie
Age at release: Unknown
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- Claudine Berg as Older Woman
Age at release: 52
- Véronique Müller as Simone
Age at release: 40
- Nicolas Tronc as Balthazar
Age at release: Unknown
- Philippe Le Mercier as Gustav
Age at release: Unknown
- Andrew Herman as The Old Monk
Age at release: Unknown