When Trumpets Fade is an Action, Drama, War film directed by John Irvin and written by W.W. Vought. It was released on 27 June 1998. It stars Ron Eldard, Zak Orth, Frank Whaley. The film’s content : 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… What awaits ahead ?