A Foreign Field
We shall meet again...
Overview
Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy. They encounter Waldo, an American on a similar mission, and the meeting sparks memories of an old girlfriend from the past. With the mysterious American lady Lisa in their wake, Cyril and Waldo decide to try and track her down.
- Production
- BBC, Fingertip Film
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Charles Sturridge
- Writers
- Roy Clarke
- Producers
- Martyn Auty,Richard Broke,Steve Lanning
- Cinematography
- Richard Greatrex
- Composer
- Geoffrey Burgon,Geoffrey Burgon
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CinemaSerf
October 5, 2025
I remember watching this when it first aired on the BBC and finding it a remarkably poignant drama stolen by the lively Jeanne Moreau. Watching it again forty years later, I still found it to be a simple yet still powerful story of wartime loyalties, friendships and necessities. “Cyril” (Leo McKern) is travelling to Normandy with his friend “Amos” (Sir Alec Guinness), upon whom he clearly depends. Their arrival sees him almost immediately immersed in a battle with visiting American veteran “Wald…