A Soldier’s Tale ** (1989, Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Judge Reinhold, Paul Wyett) – Classic Movie Review 11,168

‘For one brief weekend, their love was all that mattered.’

Director Larry Parr’s conscientious, well-acted, low-key, touching little 1989 World War Two romantic drama A Soldier’s Tale is based on the novel by M K Joseph.

Gabriel Byrne stars as British soldier Saul who befriends and falls in love with French woman Belle (Marianne Basler), whom the French Resistance thinks is a Nazi sympathiser.

It is shot in Normandy, France.

The supervising sound editor John McKay’s soundtrack is a notable award-winner. Music, cinematography, and production design are all well taken care of.

Also in the cast are Judge Reinhold, Paul Wyett,  Benoît Régent, Jacques Mathou, Bernard Farcy, Roch Leibovici, Claude Mann, Mathew Byam Shaw, David Duffy, Nicolas Tronc, Véronique Müller, Claudine Berg, Philippe Le Mercier, Eric Galliano and Andrew Herman.

A Soldier’s Tale is directed by Larry Parr, runs 96 minutes, is made by Mirage Films and Atlantic Entertainment Group, is released by Atlantic Releasing Corporation and Image Entertainment, is written by Grant Hindin-Miller and Larry Parr, is shot by Alun Bollinger, is produced by Don Reynolds (executive producer) and Larry Parr, is scored by John Charles, and is designed by Ivan Maussion.

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