When Trumpets Fade Movie Review 1998

Private Manning (Eldard) is the only survivor of his platoon, which is caught in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest along the Belgian-German border in 1944. Manning is interested in nothing more than his own survival but his skills attract the attention of an officer (Donovan) who promptly promotes him to sgt. (and soon, lieutenant) and gives him his own platoon of raw recruits to whip into shape.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II, Military: Army, Germany, Survival

Screenplay

William W. Vought

Cast

Ron Eldard, Zak Orth, Frank Whaley, Dylan Bruno, Martin Donovan, Timothy Olyphant, Dan Futterman, Dwight Yoakam, Devon Gummersall, Jeffrey Donovan

Cinematography

Thomas Burstyn

Director

John Irvin

Music

Geoffrey Burgon

Producer

John Kemeny, David R. Ginsburg, Citadel Entertainment, HBO NYC Productions