The Sound of War – Wenn Helden sterben (TV Movie 1998)

The Sound of War – Wenn Helden sterben: Directed by John Irvin. With Ron Eldard, Zak Orth, Frank Whaley, Dylan Bruno. A private in the latter days of WWII on the German front struggles between his will to survive and what his superiors perceive as a battlefield instinct.

“When Trumpets Fade is a great movie, with excellent action sequences, fine acting and a sound storyline. Itu0026#39;s better than Platoon, and Iu0026#39;d put it up there with 84 Charlie Mopic, except that it deals with infantry warfare during WWII. It came out after a series of real to life WWII movies, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, but is made on a smaller budget and apart from Ryanu0026#39;s opening scene, it is a better movie. The cast consists of thoroughly unknown but very skilled actors, and the movie gives you a feel of what it must have been like to be on the front line in the Huertgen Forrest in Germany, late 1944. The Hungarian location adds realism as well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story basically revolves around the single minded efforts of private (then sergeant, then lieutenant) Manning (Ron Eldard) to stay alive and out of the meatgrinder that is conventional warfare, no matter what, even though ironically, the fact that he survives means that he has to put up for ever more dangerous tasks because heu0026#39;s the only one near who has any close-up experience.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;ll add that the videostore I go to allows you to rent 5 movies for the price of 3, and keep them for a full week. Every day after watching another movie, I couldnu0026#39;t help but re-watch u0026quot;When Trumpets Fadeu0026quot;, and every time I found something new and something more made sense to me.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is one outstanding movie, very well produced and if you like war movies from the gruntu0026#39;s point of view, donu0026#39;t miss it.”