When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade is a 1998 war film directed by John Irvin. It stars Ron Eldard, Frank Whaley, Zak Orth, Dylan Bruno. This film portrays the actions of an American private David Manning (Ron Eldard) during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, a battle between the U.S. Army and German Wehrmacht which took place from 1944-1945 on the Western Front (World War II). Private Manning is a reluctant hero and is initially shown as a bit of a shirker - "just do... more

When Trumpets Fade is a 1998 war film directed by John Irvin. It stars Ron Eldard, Frank Whaley, Zak Orth, Dylan Bruno. This film portrays the actions of an American private David Manning (Ron Eldard) during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, a battle between the U.S. Army and German Wehrmacht which took place from 1944-1945 on the Western Front (World War II). Private Manning is a reluctant hero and is initially shown as a bit of a shirker - "just doing enough to keep in trouble to avoid promotion", according to another character. Through the sheer bloodiness of the Hurtgen battles, Manning is left as the sole survivor of his unit and subsequently promoted to sergeant. He believes he is unqualified for the position, but his CO thinks otherwise. Manning then tries to back out of responsibility by asking to be filed on a Section 8 (mentally unfit due to combat stress) but is refused. Manning finds himself in charge of replacements, a prospect he is less than thrilled with. Eventually he... less