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When Trumpets Fade (1998)

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Summary: In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning (Ron Eldard) reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, War
Country: USA
Directed By: John Irvin
Written By: W.W. Vought
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na panzerwolf
75
 T7
Introduces an anti-hero as the main character, which is quite refreshing instead of the mandatory proud war heroes we always see in these kinds of movies. Some strange choices in music and has it's cheesy moments, but still very entertaining and most importantly, a different look at WWII.
na cloque
9
 T9
na miep
68
 T3
na gonzalo
6
 T4
na Cobber55
65
 T6
na sobored
80
 T9
na Boiled_Dove
70
 T6
na Anselmi86
48
 T3
na rudra_nayan
74
 T5
na cloak
65
 T7
na zsanford44
85
 T7
na SirRobbie
60
 T3
na DougCollins
80
 T5
na whitefang
80
 T6
na Zeno
76
 T7
na casper31
85
 T7
na thecynic
88
 T10
na oisteing
89
 T10
na haakonhobaek
80
 T6
na Jaifman
59
 T2
na hellboy76
67
 T7
Weak story is counterbalanced by the originality of its main character. Would have loved to see this with a sharper script and bigger budget.
na noiz
72
 T7
na the dude
84
 T9
na salty dog
75
 T7
na Hamirubi
68
 T4
na jxc0207
74
 T3
na jgnikkila
75
 T2
na tmaustin89
60
 T1
na Serigala
60
 T2
na Whaleybab
70
 T5
na TheAlliance
76
 T5
na okidude
2
 T4
na jsommersby8
92
 T9
na td888
79
 T10
na TonythePony
68
 T5
Stands out from the multitude of war films by introducing a main character whose only priority is to stay alive. Screw 'brothers in arms', heroism and nationalism. As the plot evolves it becomes more cliched and the battle scenes are rather weak. Still, better than you would expect from a TV movie.
na sandri
85
 T7
na cblur21
75
 T8
na darkmoofya
84
 T7
na filmaffinity
63
 T5
na imdb
72
 T8
na Jorg
3
 T9
na theshmo
70
 T4
na JoO
73
 T4
na dr. radical
68
 T9
na HKi
67
 T4
na flowing
44
 T2
na SCORCHEDYOU
88
 T8
Average Tier 5.89 from 47 Rankings rss