An oddly romantic WWII drama set amid the French countryside, with a darkly brooding lover and a compromised heroine, A SOLDIER'S TALE explores the uncomfortable kinship between war and rape.
Sergeant Saul Scourby (Gabriel Byrne) is adept at knifing enemy sentries and tells a flustered young recruit whom he has saved, Charlie (Paul Wyett), that feelings have no place in war; it is simply a job to get done. A few scenes later, when he spots Isabella (Marianne Basler), Scourby's intended
sexual escapade is complicated by a trio of Resistance members who've arrived to take her to trial for treason. Cradling his sten-gun, the sergeant sends them packing and resolves...
Released:
1988
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins