---
title: 'Sommersby (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jon Amiel'
released: '1993-02-05'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sommersby-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108185/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sommersby (1993)

1993 · 109 min · Drama, War, Romance, History · France, United States


## Synopsis

Sommersby is a 1993 period romantic drama film directed by Jon Amiel from a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, adapted from the historical account of the 16th-century French peasant Martin Guerre. Based on the 1982 French film The Return of Martin Guerre, the film stars Richard Gere and Jodie Foster, with Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Clarice Taylor, Frankie Faison, and R. Lee Ermey in supporting roles. Set in the Reconstruction era, it depicts a farmer returning home from the American Civil War, with his wife beginning to suspect that he is an impostor while also falling in love with him.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jon Amiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-amiel)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicholas Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-meyer), [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere), [Daniel Vigne](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-vigne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman)
- **Producer:** [Arnon Milchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnon-milchan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Philippe Rousselot](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-rousselot)
- **Editor:** [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle-2)

## Cast

- [Ray McKinnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mckinnon)
- [William Windom](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-windom)
- [R. Lee Ermey](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-lee-ermey)
- [Maury Chaykin](https://cinepixo.com/people/maury-chaykin)
- [Richard Lineback](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lineback)
- [Jodie Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-foster)
- [Richard Gere](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gere)
- [James Earl Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-earl-jones)
- [Clarice Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarice-taylor)
- [Bill Pullman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pullman)
- [Muse Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/muse-watson)
- [Richard Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hamilton)
- [Frankie Faison](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-faison)
- [Lanny Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/lanny-flaherty)

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