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When Trumpets Fade (1998)92 minAction, Drama, WarRating 64/100

In the winter of 1944, the bloodiest battle of WWII was fought in the Hurtgen forest near the German border. Ron Eldard heads a cast of extraordinary young actors in the story of one American soldier caught in the violence whose desperate struggle to survive brings into sharp relief the meaning of bravery and morality during war.

Cast: Ron Eldard, Zak Orth, Frank Whaley, Dylan Bruno, Devon Gummersall, Dan Futterman, Bobby Cannavale

Director: John Irvin