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A Letter from the Western Front

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In Belleau Wood, France, during the Great War, a soldier named John writes a letter home to his wife Sara in Milwaukee. He writes that her picture "helps me remember what it was like to be me." He tells her about sorties into No Man's Land, and that they have orders tonight to charge. Then, his letter becomes a report of that charge: toward an armed German soldier who doesn't fire, even when John reaches him and jumps into the trench beside him. What happens next brings silence and an end to the letter.

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Released
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Language
English
  • france
  • soldier
  • great war
  • no man's land
  • milwaukee

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRFirst Run Festival5 Apr 1999
    • PremiereNR26th Annual Student Academy Awards13 Jun 1999
    • TheatricalNRAtlanta Film Festival17 Jun 1999

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A Letter from the Western Front was released on 17 June 1999.

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