Frozen Silence / Silencio en la nieve (2011)
Frozen Silence (2011)
DVDRip | AVI | 720 x 308 | XviD @ 1108 Kbps | 105 min | 1,19 Gb
Audio: Spanish AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
DVDRip | AVI | 720 x 308 | XviD @ 1108 Kbps | 105 min | 1,19 Gb
Audio: Spanish AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Russian Front, Winter 1943. A battalion of the Blue Division encounters a series of horses' heads scattered on the frozen surface of a lake. The bodies are submerged beneath the ice. Mounted on one of the horses, the body of a Spanish soldier. A pit pierced his neck from side to side, and the shoulder has an inscription to the sword: "Have I not see God. " The controls handle the investigation to the soldier Arturo Andrade (Juan Diego Botto), a former police inspector, who takes the job with precision and professionalism. Arthur believes that the murder is related to Masonry. There is also a second hypothesis: that the victim was a pro-Soviet agent infiltrated the Division, and "Have I not see God," a warning to other potential collaborators.
IMDB
The discovery of dead horses and a Spanish soldier's corpse under a frozen lake in the Russian front(with their heads visible over the ice, like in Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg") triggers an investigation lead by a former Spanish police inspector, now serving in the German army.
"Silencio en la nieve" tells a fictional story based on a real scenario: the presence of Spanish citizens in the German army during the WWII under the name "División azul". Albeit most of this soldiers were of extremely right-wing ideals, others were adventure junkies or even left-winged persons sent to the Russian front in order to help their politically imprisoned relatives.
Curiously there are only brief hints about that in Gerardo Herrero's excellent movie, which doesn't judge or excuse the character's ideals. This is practically an untold story in the annals of Spanish film history (nobody wants to film the exploits of military men who sided with Hitler), but we will have to wait for a war film about this subject (Spanish movie industry has no money for that, Gerardo Herrero dixit), because "Silencio en la nieve" is a murder mystery, and a well crafted one. The acting is superb, specially Carmelo Gómez. On a technical level, some of the special effects needed more budget (a couple of explosions seemed very CGI to me), but these problems are usual in Spanish cinema, and they are approached professionally here.
Eventually, viewers should consider "Silencio en la nieve" for what it is: well done, although not original, thriller yarn, using a fresh and never seen background. Highly recommended!IMDB Reviewer
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Frozen Silence / Silencio en la nieve (2011)
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