The White Silence (1970) Historical Drama / War / Psychological, Sir Edmund Hawthorne, Movie Full HD
Video Overview & Insights
THE WHITE SILENCE
Excellent Jeff Daniels!
Release Year: 1970
Genre: Historical Drama / War / Psychological
Seemed very Hollywood ish .
Setting: England, early 1700s
Location: Northern England – frozen fields, wetlands, snowstorms, military camps
Great Movie, it's my 3rd time watching it. As an Irishman I was trilled that the Irish accent was 100% spot on when the Innkeeper said of the British, " I Have No Love For them Bastards". Great Movie
Tone: Cold, bleak, tense, introspective, slow-burning
🎭 Main Characters & Cast (1970-style casting)
Chaŕlas out of dark.produccion bien barata
Sir Edmund Hawthorne – Commander-in-Chief (55)
A veteran general burdened by decades of war. Calm on the outside, fractured within. Torn between duty and his family.
Good film better than I thought!👍
Actor type: Richard Harris–style presence.
General Thomas Blackwood – Strategic Commander (45)
Now look at USA today taken over by AIPAC and Epstein administrations since the assassination of John F Kennedy. As Whitney Webb’s title on her books; A Nation Under Blackmail. What a travesty like several European countries experienced in the past. Yes, diaspora people with tiny hat who love money and control still operates in Europe including Russia
Ambitious, intellectual, obsessed with maps and innovation. Believes hesitation is weakness. Constantly clashes with Hawthorne.
Captain William Frost – Frontline Officer (32)
Würden die Gefallenen zurückkehren und die USA sehen, was würden sie sagen? Es war es Wert, für den Sozialbetrug in Minnesota zu sterben? Für all die Drogen? Für die Islamisierung?
Wie wäre Ihre Antwort?
Emotionally aware, deeply affected by the suffering of his soldiers. Haunted by fear, insomnia, and visions of death.
Has a pregnant wife waiting at home.
Whats with the BS story line attached? Is it about Northumbria? Who was Thomas Blackwood? Was he related to Ludovic Blackwood? Never heard of Sir Edmund Hawthorne. Was he from Hawthorn Village?
Now is this Fact or Fiction? O.o
Samuel Reed – Infantry Soldier (19)
A farmer’s son forced into the army. Represents innocence, fear, and moral conflict.
The bayonet was such a vicious weapon.
The emotional anchor of the film.
Elizabeth Hawthorne – Edmund’s wife
A well done film!
Lives in London. Appears through voice-over letters that reveal the cost of war on families.
📜 Screenplay Summary
Washington was wise to rely on the cannons at Trenton.
ACT I – Arrival in the Cold
The film opens in silence.
I have seen this movie called The Crossing. It is very good and I may watch it again at some time. However changing the title will not make me watch it now. Please UTube wake up.
Snow falls heavily as British troops march into a frozen military camp.
– Soldiers’ uniforms are soaked
"The Crossing" is the title I always knew this by.
– Boots sink into mud and ice
– Men shiver uncontrollably
Trenton and Princeton were a masterpiece for Washington.
Inside a candle-lit command tent, generals argue over outdated maps and unclear intelligence.
Blackwood pushes for an aggressive advance.
Wrong movie.
Hawthorne hesitates.
The enemy is unseen — the cold already feels lethal.
Complete BS. The entire description is wrong. This is the movie The Crossing. George Washington crossing the Delaware in NORTH AMERICA, not England. Totally misleading and or totally sloppy work. Shame.
ACT II – The War Within
Before any battle begins, psychological collapse sets in.
Such Hessian soldiers were regular troopers sold by their arch duke(of upper Hessia) into british service, non of them on their own will as "mercenary" but "subsidiaries" for real, common in17th and 18th century wars with foreign regiments in all conflicts in dynastic wars of then.
It was this duke alone to make the big money out of theirs service, the deeper cause for deserting into american freedom by lots of this sold souls.
Fighting them as mercenaries was pure propaganda tomasterthe fear such pros spread on colonial rebells, being treated as such by "executers" of a king far away, who could sent and pay such men from their tariffs having paid to him before
– Soldiers suffer frostbite
– Some refuse to sleep
– One young soldier takes his own life in silence
Captain Frost confronts the generals:
I'm English, I'm a direct ancestor of the line that gave the father of your country, Washington family of Britain.
“These men are not dying from the enemy. They are dying from fear.”
Letters arrive from London. Hawthorne learns his son is gravely ill.
Thank you for the compliments from Hesse-Nassau! Yes, we are the best soldiers in the world. If we are sober.
The weight of command begins to break him.
Conflict escalates:
The Delaware river isn't that wide in the Trenton area
– Blackwood accuses Hawthorne of weakness
– Hawthorne questions the cost of ambition
a far left china lover from canadia playing Washington is pure hollywood
ACT III – The White Silence
On the night of the planned attack, snow covers everything. Sound disappears.
I don't know what they're called but I want one of those triangle hats. 💯
The strategy fails.
Troops are trapped in frozen marshland.
Thank you for this. It's very inspiring. It is amazing that they were able to pull it off under such terrible conditions. How could the men endure it? Thank you so much for posting.
Blackwood’s plan collapses.
Hawthorne makes a final decision:
Thanks for sharing this movie. I enjoyed it very much.
– Orders a full retreat
– Saves thousands of lives
Another good movie indeed.
– Sacrifices his reputation
The battlefield remains untouched — white, empty, silent.
Belíssimo filme, muito bem reproduzindo a primeira vitória da tropa do General George Washington. Belo filme de história.
Final voice-over (Elizabeth’s letter):
“Perhaps the greatest victory is returning home alive.”
فلم حربي جميل جدا
Fade to white.
🎞️ Film Themes
From the beginning back biters with egos too big for the good of the country did their utmost to stop the fight for freedom
War as psychological erosion
Leadership vs. humanity
And now , because of the liberals you have to fight against the islam terrorists, to liberate your country!
Fear as the true enemy
Family sacrifice
Now there was Washington. There was Obama, honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize. An at the present day there's Bonespurs: a fraud, war criminal, murderer, rapist, insurrectionist and traitor. God blessed America! 😢
Moral courage over military glory
1970 cinematic style:
It's a good job that the generals horse was not troting about.. with a hat like that he would have taken off.
Long silent shots
Minimal music
Thaks for posting I so enjoyed this film
Natural lighting
Heavy dialogue and internal monologues
Worth watching.
Realism over heroism
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It's called "The Crossing" and it's from 2000.
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One of the best films i have ever seen
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