A Foreign Field (1993)

Recommended

UK

Television Film

Series Title: Screen One (1989-1994)

Director: Charles Sturridge

Writer: Roy Clarke

Cinematographer: Richard Greatrex

Composer: Geoffrey Burgon

Cast: Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Edward Herrmann, John Randolph, Geraldine Chaplin, Lauren Bacall, Jeanne Moreau

A number of Brits and Americans travel to Normandy in order to pay their respects to family, friends, and colleagues who lost their lives there during The Second World War, as well as, perhaps, to look up an old girlfriend or two, in this gently humorous and tremendously moving gem, featuring a cast of greats, who all give excellent performances, with McKern's being the pick of the bunch. Iain.Stott