The White Death (Film)

The White Death is a 2016 action short film made by Fox Way Studios. It is the fourth published Fox Way Studios film. The film was released March 19th, 2016.

The film is directed by Tony Cole and it stars Steve Mills as The White Death and Tony Cole as Soviet Sniper.

Synopsis
In 1939, the Soviet troops are advancing towards the Finnish border. Tasked with a simple mission, a sole sniper is hell-bent on stopping the proceeding of the enemy.

Loosely based on a true story from the Finnish Winter War.

Plot
In the December of 1939, at the border between the Soviet Union and Finland, soviet troops are advancing. A Finnish sniper, dubbed by the soviets as "the white death" is patrolling the border, killing any and all soviet soldiers that cross it. He uses a white cloak as camouflage in the snow and shoots the soldiers without leaving any traces.

He comes across a valley, and deems it likely that the enemy will pass through it. He waits day and night, and shoots anyone daring to come close. Next day, he is surprised from behind by a soviet soldier, who he manages to shoot. He then sees a sniper trying to take him out and takes cover in the trees. When he thinks that the danger has passed, he comes out of the trees.

The soviet sniper sees the white death and tries to load his rifle only for it to jam. He takes out his revolver and tries to shoot the white death who runs away up the hill. The white death stays careful, but the sniper manages to shoot him in the chin. As he tells the white death that Moscow will give him a hero's welcome, the white death is able to take out his pistol and shoot the sniper to death. The white death gets up, and stumbles away.

Cast

 * Steve Mills as The White Death
 * Tony Cole as Soviet sniper and as Soviet soldier

Locations

 * Finland
 * The Finnish-Soviet border
 * Border valley

Characters

 * The White Death
 * Soviet sniper

Production
Nothing is known about the production of the film, except that it was filmed during 2016 winter.

The songs used in The White Death are unknown.

The film received a large number of views and with it lots of backlash. The film was criticized for the goofs in it, such as snow not leaving the barrel when the rifle is shot and for its historical inaccuracies, such as the weak portrayal of The White Death, who was inspired by the real life character, Simo Häyhä. Fox Way Studios answered these criticisms by saying that the film was made essentially with a zero budget and that although the film was loosely based on a true story from the Finnish winter war, it was not supposed to portray it accurately.

Music
The songs used in The White Death are currently unknown.