"A Foreign Field" is an odd film in many ways. It is a film about war, but not a war film. It has a touching, brilliant performance by Sir Alec Guiness, but nearly a silent one. It has a cast of stars, solid actors all, but not a bit of glamor. It is the story of elderly veterans returning to Normandy for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. It is told with humor and pathos, with wit, subtlety and with an unsparing and unsentimental eye for the flaws of real human beings. There is a bit of a twist ending, but neither shocking nor entirely unguessable. My father, a veteran of many invasions, cried when he saw it. That is a greater tribute to this film than anything I can say about it.
Review of A Foreign Field
