When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade

Heroes are born when bullets fly,when earth explodes,when cannons roar...When trumpets fade

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Release Date

6/27/1998

Runtime

95 mins

Overview

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning 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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A gritty, ground-level look at combat trauma and the machinery of war that grinds soldiers into compliance. The film follows one man's fractured psyche as he's forced back into the very horror that broke him.

Mood

BleakTenseMournfulDefiant

Themes

WarSurvivalMortalityPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

HandheldNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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