A Soldier's Tale

19891989
RR
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

234

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

85,180

8,664

Gabriel Byrne and Marianne Basler in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Drama Romance War

A British soldier falls in love with a French woman wanted by the resistance for crimes against her country.A British soldier falls in love with a French woman wanted by the resistance for crimes against her country.A British soldier falls in love with a French woman wanted by the resistance for crimes against her country.

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

234

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

85,180

8,664

Director
- Larry Parr
Writers
- Grant Hindin-Miller
- M.K. Joseph(novel)
- Larry Parr
Stars

Top credits

See production, box office & company info

See more at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins

Photos13

Judge Reinhold in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Gabriel Byrne in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Maurice Garrel in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Matthew Byam Shaw and David Duffy in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Marianne Basler in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Philippe Le Mercier in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Benoît Régent in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Nicolas Tronc in A Soldier's Tale (1989)

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
According to the book 'New Zealand Film' by Helen Martin and Sam Edwards, "The source novel [of this film] was written in New Zealand but is a European story. Some crew were from France although the film is a New Zealand production. The French locations made it a complex production task. The film, made in 1988, was to have been a co-production [between France and New Zealand], but the French pulled out. This, combined with the bankruptcy of a contracted U.S. distributor who failed to pay a big advance, helped send the [production company of this film,] Mirage Entertainment Corporation into receivership."

User reviews5

Review

Featured review

5/10

Very slow

This film is atypical love storey of two strangers and makes hou sympathise for two protagonists. The end is surprising and disturbing, these are only positives. But film is very slow, you keep wondering why the British sgnt is not working, how he gets all the time of his life to spend with his lover only. You wonder why those French resistance soldiers are shown as caricatures /cartoons rather than hard boiled, tough soldiers resisting Germans. You wonder why they can't kill that lady when only one british srgnt is guarding her. In all, mot a very enjoyable experience and no interesting moments in film except the end.

helpful•0