Field of Honor

Field of Honor is a 1987 French war film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Plot In France, impoverished sharecropper Pierre (Cris Campion) is spared military service when he draws an exemption via a draft lottery. Needing money more than his freedom, however, Pierre sells his exemption to the son of wealthy aristocrat Arnaud (Eric Wapler), taking the son's place in the draft. When the Franco-Prussian War erupts, Pierre finds himself wounded inside enemy territory and gains an unlikely ally in a German soldier who also entered the war as a replacement. Cast Cris Campion as Pierre Naboulet Pascale Rocard as Henriette Eric Wapler as Arnaud Florent Frédéric Mayer as The Child André Wilms as The peddler Marcelle Dessalles as Pierre's Mother Marion Audier as Pierre's Sister Robert Sandrey as Florent's Father Lily Genny as Florent's Mother Louis-Marie Taillefer as Gang Leader François Segura as Roger Jacques Arne Jean-Pierre Beaudeau Gisèle Boubou References