A Letter from the Western Front (1999)

• Animation
• War

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.

Rating

10 / 10 (1 votes)

Release date

June 17, 1999

Runtime

9m

Language

English

Director

Daniel M. Kanemoto

Status

Released