- 4 hours ago
She Rode Back for War
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:01my daughter your father and your six brothers have all fallen in this war
00:08all i ask is that when this battle is over you bury your war honors and live as a proper
00:14young
00:14lady ought to live we can't hold the line much longer mother if i make it home alive
00:21then i give you my word i will marry well
00:32sophie when i come back i will give you the grandest wedding anyone's ever seen
00:38until then
00:41you take good care of yourself
00:46all right i'll bring your mother to sutton estate and care for her in your place
00:53and then i'll wait for you to come home
01:08evelyn and i were married at the front
01:12still if you wished i could arrange a place for you in my household
01:15you said when you came back you'd give me a grand wedding
01:22when i proposed to you it was because i thought you were a suitable match
01:26but now
01:28in my heart
01:30evelyn is the woman i truly love
01:34is that so evelyn
01:38i want to meet her
01:44that's the war hero from the papers isn't it
01:46that's her lord
01:47she's so cool
01:52mother
01:55allow me to introduce her
01:56this is evelyn my wife whom i married while serving in the army
02:00so this is a true war hero
02:02the bearing the presence
02:08any fool can see she's no ordinary woman
02:17sophie
02:18good you're here
02:19meet evelyn properly
02:24from now on you'll be the one taking care of her and nathan
02:27look after them
02:29miss sophie has bent over backward for the blake family all year
02:33all for nothing
02:36you want me to take care of them
02:39of course
02:41nathan and i both have duties to the army
02:43we may be called back to the front at any moment
02:45but you
02:47you've spent your life away from the front
02:49you don't understand what it takes out there
02:51aside from managing a household
02:52what role do you think you can play
02:56do not forget this
02:57i am a general's daughter
03:02my father and my six brothers all died on the battlefield as well
03:05that was your father and your brothers
03:08not you
03:09you just tend to the household
03:11and when evelyn and i have children
03:13you'll take care of them too
03:17i am to raise your children
03:19if you want a child too i can give you one
03:23but after that i will never touch you again
03:26and you agree to this
03:27i'm not a petty woman
03:31i can allow you to have a child
03:33that way you'll at least have something to hold on to in the future
03:40as for whether nathan will still want your bed after that
03:43that is hardly my concern
03:46after that i won't be going to her bed again
03:48you're the only one in my heart
03:49and you agree as well
03:51you can keep the house raise the child
03:53and free the two of them from every worry
03:56it's a fine arrangement
04:02is that so
04:03the longer i listen to the three of you
04:05the more it sounds like
04:06in your version of things
04:08i am the outsider here
04:11in that case
04:12nathan and i should simply end the engagement
04:17why drag this into something so ugly
04:20sophie don't be foolish
04:21you're the only one left in your family
04:23now with an estate this large and this much land
04:26do you truly think a woman alone can hold it
04:28that's right sophie if this is what troubles you
04:31on certain occasions i can even tell people you're my wife
04:34and if it truly means that much to you
04:36i can even give you a small wedding
04:42this is outrageous
04:43for the past year
04:44my lady treated your mother like royalty
04:47she even paid for a private doctor
04:49to tend to your mother day after day
04:52and now you want to get the sutton estate
04:54and everything that comes with it
04:57you're a servant
04:58how dare you stand there
04:59and run your mouth like that
05:03mary is mine
05:04no one lays a hand on my people
05:07sophie
05:07you're nothing but an orphan now
05:09you can protect no one
05:10if you truly dare to break off
05:12your engagement to nathan
05:13this whole town will laugh you into the ground
05:15you still won't be able to hold on
05:16to the sutton estate
05:17is that so
05:17then stand there and watch
05:19whether i keep it or not
05:21steward
05:24miss
05:25add up everything mrs blake's
05:27at sutton estate this past year
05:28every last penny
05:29what
05:32yes miss
05:33finest tea
05:34imported sweet wine
05:35custom gowns
05:37jewelry repairs
05:37daily meals
05:38coal for the winter farth
05:40as well as the family doctor's fees
05:41for the full year
05:42medicine costs
05:43and nursing expenses
05:44grand total
05:46twenty three thousand dollars
05:52you dare ask me to pay you
05:54sophie
05:56don't push this too far
05:58steward show them out
06:01how dare you
06:14how dare sophie do this to me
06:16enough
06:18the blakes are an old family too
06:19we do not need the sutton's
06:21to keep us afloat
06:21we can manage just fine on our own
06:25let's go home
06:41it's fine
06:41no one's lived here for the past year
06:44that's all this is
06:48truth is
06:49the family money's mostly gone
06:51it was spent long ago
07:00it's fine
07:01tomorrow
07:02i'll speak to the pioneer
07:03sophie abused a war hero
07:05its mother too
07:06and then she demanded a fortune from us
07:07the whole town ought to hear about that
07:09i will make her pay back
07:11every last thing she owes the blake family
07:20miss
07:23how can they twist the truth like that
07:32there she is
07:33that's her
07:34the woman who abused a war hero
07:35give mrs blake her money back
07:41what are you talking about
07:43that's not what happened
07:46wicked woman
07:47give the hero's family their money back
07:55open the gate
07:58get out here
08:10stand down
08:15isn't that
08:16general lucas
08:18the one who led the cavalry
08:19through three enemy fire lines
08:21at wilton
08:22i heard he's covered in honors
08:24even the district commander
08:26thinks highly of him
08:27seven members of the sutton family
08:29died on the battlefield
08:32a father
08:33six sons
08:34that family has already given everything to this war
08:37and what are you doing now
08:38if not bullying a hero's family
08:41now leave
08:43this instant
08:46or i'll have the sheriff deal with a lot of you
09:13that day she was ordered to ride to the eastern line with reinforcements
09:17but by the time she got there
09:18the men holding that position
09:20were already dead
09:21fill the gas
09:43what the hell is going on
09:45weren't they nearly wiped out
09:48there's still someone on the right
09:50weren't we told this is all that was left of them
09:57dear god
09:58one of the reinforcements coming
10:00i can't hold much longer
10:24they're holding that line hard
10:26there must still be plenty of men up there
10:30move
10:40i see her
10:42it's just one person
10:43shoot her down
10:55she held that breach alone
10:56and by sheer will she held the entire eastern line
11:04he saved me that day
11:07ma'am
11:08i have come to ask for sophie's hand
11:11i will protect her for the rest of my life
11:13she will never have to carry everything and everything alone again
11:19general lucas
11:20i already gave my word to the blake family
11:23once the suttons make a promise
11:25we do not break it
11:28from that day on
11:29i decided i would never marry
11:33but i still couldn't help myself
11:35i had to come see how she was living
11:38i never thought i'd find her being treated like this
11:49miss sophie
11:50i did not come here to pity you
11:55i came to honor you
11:57to thank the sutton family for all it gave to this country
12:01and to thank you
12:02for holding that eastern line all by yourself
12:09thank you
12:11i want to help you
12:13and how do you mean to help me
12:21sophia sutton
12:22edward sutton's daughter
12:24yes sir
12:26that family's given everything for the cause
12:28how is she faring now
12:30her fiancee
12:31nathan
12:31married evelyn at the front
12:34and now
12:35they're asking sophie
12:36to become nathan's mistress
12:37that is completely unacceptable
12:42nathan's behavior may be dishonorable
12:44but evelyn is a new war hero
12:46i cannot tear apart a hero's marriage
12:49but
12:53the one who held the eastern line by herself
12:55that was her
12:59yes sir
13:01why in god's name am i only hearing of this now
13:04after that battle
13:05a fouri high in jostle
13:07her mother wanted it kept secret that she'd ever gone to war
13:10so she could marry and live a peaceful life
13:15so the truth was kept secret
13:21i want to see her
13:25sir
13:27the soldier in that report
13:29was holding the breach under artillery fire
13:32with not another soul beside it
13:36and to think it was
13:37a woman who looked so slim
13:40on the battlefield bullets do not turn aside
13:42just because i'm a woman sir
13:45you
13:45are an extraordinary woman miss sutton
13:49but i must speak plainly
13:52evelyn is the most
13:54celebrated war hero
13:56in the entire republic right now
14:00evelyn is the most
14:01celebrated war hero
14:03in the entire republic right now
14:09i cannot step in on your behalf
14:11and be the man who tears apart her marriage
14:14i have no interest in tearing apart their marriage
14:17i do not love nathan blake
14:21i came here for one thing only
14:24i want you
14:25to stand behind the truth
14:27that my engagement to nathan blake
14:28should have been ended from the start
14:31i want you to know
14:33and i want the whole town to know
14:34the one who broke faith was not me
14:36and what else
14:39i want back in the army
14:41to speak plainly i am surprised
14:44and glad
14:46a woman like you was never meant to be buried and forgotten
14:51but seven members of the sutton family have already died in this war
14:58i do not have the heart to send you back to the front
15:04the fighting in the south is growing worse
15:06and blackstone valley could be pulled into it again at any moment
15:10i only want to do my part
15:14i only want to do my part
15:16very well
15:18place her under your command
15:20and remember
15:21you must bring her back alive
15:24yes sir
15:32it's alright
15:33i've got you
15:35she actually dared to come back
15:37wasn't it all in the paper
15:38she threw mrs blake right out of the estate
15:41she is no proper lady at all
15:43i took care of her for a whole year
15:45and now she has the nerve to ask me for money
15:52miss sutton
15:53is it true you drove mrs blake out of the estate
15:56did you truly demand a large sum of money from the blake family
15:58were you taking revenge because your engagement was broken
16:01enough
16:07miss sofia sutton asked me to share these with everyone
16:11they may help clear up a few misunderstandings about her engagement to nathan blaine
16:18that engagement is hereby declared null and void
16:22on account of mr blake first breaking his promise and entering into another marriage
16:26miss sutton never broke her word nor did she commit any so-called ingratitude or cruel expulsion
16:34this bears the general's own signature and seal
16:40that's impossible
16:41there is one more thing the whole town ought to know
16:45for the past year
16:46mrs blake has been living at sutton estate
16:48her food
16:50her clothes
16:50her doctor
16:51her medicine
16:52her daily expenses
16:53even her luxuries
16:54were all paid for by miss sutton
16:56than the ungrateful ones are
16:58the blake family's got some mighty thick skin
17:02you think one piece of paper can clear her name
17:04at the very least it proves she was not the one who broke faith
17:13let's go back
17:17sophie actually dared to humiliate me in public today
17:25this place feels suffocating
17:29then you never should have left sutton estate in the first place
17:34how dare you speak to me that way
17:36if it hadn't been for you
17:38enough
17:39we still have a wedding to prepare for
17:42of course
17:46i think we should invite sophie
17:48have you lost your mind
17:50why would you do that
17:51i want her to see it with her own eyes
17:58everything she's lost
18:06okay
18:08she really had to make a show of it
18:11she even sent the invitation all the way to the state
18:13so now miss sophie has to go
18:17we did know each other once
18:19i should go congratulate them
18:27i now pronounce you husband and wife
18:41miss why is everyone leaving
18:44my congratulations mrs blake
18:46thank you
18:49now that the ceremony is over
18:51we'll be taking our leave
18:53leaving so soon
18:54the reception has only just begun
19:04this sort of setting does not quite suit a lady of my standing
19:15this is the wedding you gave me
19:18the ceremony wasn't even over before half the guests walked out
19:24you humiliated me in front of everyone
19:27i sold the last few pieces of land we had left just to pay for this wedding
19:30if you ask me
19:31it was those low-class people you invited who scared off the respectable guests
19:34low-class are you calling my people low-class
19:39you two stop already
19:49miss sophie
19:50how lovely of you to come to nathan's wedding and mine
19:55mary
20:04you even know how to send your former fiancé a proper wedding gift
20:08just like your father
20:10even in the black creek fire he still wore his uniform neat as ever
20:16how would she know details like that about my father at black creek
20:20the gift has been delivered i should be going now
20:26for a house lady like you miss sophia this must be your first military wedding
20:33why not stay a while longer it might be interesting
20:42my father died in the battle of black creek
20:45and in that fire
20:46how would evelyn know details that were never made public
20:49mary
20:51go find my teacher general howard
20:52i want the truth about what happened at black creek
20:54yes miss
21:00miss sophie
21:01since you're here
21:02open your eyes and watch closely
21:04this is how a gun is truly handled
21:25why is it jammed
21:30you didn't even set the hammer to half cap
21:32load it like that and of course it'll go wrong
21:34and what would you know about it
21:38so
21:45well
21:46boom
21:49boom
21:49go
21:49boom
21:51boom
22:06Bullseye.
22:09Isn't she supposed to be some society lady?
22:11Sophie, how do you even...
22:14And one more thing, you cap it last.
22:17If the ball isn't seated all the way, the gun can blow.
22:21If you'd fumbled it any worse just now, the one dead would have been you.
22:37The front is in crisis.
22:42Orders from the front have come in.
22:44All soldiers on leave, report back at once.
22:48At last, I have a chance to prove myself again.
22:52If this goes well for you and Evelyn, things might finally turn around for our family.
23:00Colonel Sutton, prepare to move out at once.
23:06Colonel Sutton, prepare to move out at once.
23:13What did you just say?
23:15Why aren't Nathan and I the ones going?
23:17The Major General has granted you newlyweds leave.
23:21Until further notice, you are to remain behind.
23:24Leave.
23:25That's one way to say they're staying clear of the front.
23:27Sounds more like being set aside.
23:31Then what exactly is Sophie supposed to be?
23:33Why did you call her Colonel?
23:36Miss Sophie Sutton has been formally commissioned by the Major General of the 7th Military District.
23:41Effective today.
23:43She holds the rank of Colonel.
23:46That's impossible.
23:47What could possibly qualify her for a rank like that?
23:51Because at Wilton, during the main assault, she was the first to jump into the enemy trench.
23:55She took out multiple forward gun positions and tore open a breach for the main force.
23:59Because before Black Creek fell,
24:02she got 37 civilians and wounded men across the North Bridge and out of the line of fire alive.
24:12And because at the Eastern Narrow Pass, she held the whole line by herself
24:15and kept the enemy pinned down until reinforcements arrived.
24:20Is that enough for you?
24:27Sophie!
24:29I don't know when you learn to shoot, but riding is no game.
24:32If you can't ride...
24:49Sophie!
24:50Sophie!
24:56Are you hurt?
24:58Yeah.
25:05Come on.
25:06We're riding for the front.
25:17What are you doing?
25:19What is it?
25:20Are you reconsidering things now?
25:24What is it?
25:25Are you reconsidering things now?
25:29What gives you the right to lay a hand on him?
25:34That's enough.
25:36Don't push this any further.
25:38What did the Blake family ever do
25:40to deserve bringing a woman like you into this house?
25:54Miss, General Howard uncovered the truth about what happened at Black Creek.
26:02Black Creek came under heavy assault because Julian Vale,
26:05the badly wounded son of General Gideon Vale,
26:08one of the enemy nation's most feared commanders,
26:10had been captured and was being held at the field hospital in Black Creek.
26:18Julian had been stable.
26:20But after night watch, the wrong medicine was given to him.
26:26The wrong medicine was given to him.
26:28He went into violent convulsions, stopped breathing, and died soon after.
26:32The nurse assigned to Julian was Evelyn.
26:35This is a statement from a trainee nurse.
26:37She passed Julian's room and saw Evelyn panic right after he died.
26:40Then Evelyn tried to burn the medical chart,
26:42the medicine log, and the handover records to destroy the evidence.
26:45But the wind was too strong that night,
26:47and Black Creek was full of wooden buildings.
26:48The fire got out of control in no time.
26:52What about my father?
26:54Your father, General Edward Sutton,
26:56had been ordered to evacuate the civilians and wounded from Black Creek.
27:01When the fire broke out, he did not leave.
27:04He led men back in to save people
27:05and kept organizing evacuations through the flames.
27:08But then the enemy attacked.
27:10Your father had no choice but to fight.
27:12He was badly outnumbered, and he fell.
27:15So, my father died because of Evelyn?
27:19Not just your father.
27:20Your six brothers died because of her too!
27:27Go on.
27:28The specifics, we still need to investigate further.
27:35Keep investigating.
27:37I need to know.
27:39What exactly does she have to do with the deaths of my six brothers?
27:43Yes.
27:45General Lucas!
27:46The frontline military orders have arrived.
27:48Evelyn and I request to lead the Iron Cavalry into battle immediately.
27:52Our wedding leave is over.
27:53As heroes, it is only right that we fight for our country.
27:56Besides, we can't let some newly commissioned woman
27:58get all the battlefield glory, can we?
28:00The Major General of the 7th Military District just signed.
28:03As of today, the Iron Cavalry is under the full command of Colonel Sophie Sutton.
28:08You two just need to provide support for port from the rear.
28:12What?!
28:12The Iron Cavalry is the best in the Republic.
28:14And I led them to that hero title.
28:16She's been sitting at home for a year.
28:17What right does she have to command that?
28:19General, Sophie, Colonel Sutton hasn't set foot on a battlefield in years.
28:22The Iron Cavalry needs a commander with real experience.
28:24Someone the troops will follow.
28:25Are you questioning my decision?
28:28I mean...
28:29She's just trying to steal the credit.
28:31Sophie doesn't care about the country.
28:32She's getting back at me and Nathan.
28:34Handing the Iron Cavalry over to her.
28:36That's playing with everyone's lives.
28:37I'm trying to steal credit.
28:39Of course.
28:41Fine.
28:43Since you think I'm not qualified, I'll give you a chance.
28:48Challenge me.
28:57You think a housewife like you can beat me?
29:01General Lucas, I request a challenge against Sophie tomorrow.
29:05Fine.
29:06But if you lose, you'll lose all credit for the Southern Front and hand over command of all your current
29:11troops.
29:12Clear.
29:13What if she loses?
29:14If Sophie loses, the Iron Cavalry gets transferred.
29:17Why, she will only lose one regiment.
29:18But if I lose, I lose everything.
29:20The challenger is supposed to put up a bigger stake.
29:23Not enough.
29:24One more thing.
29:24If you lose, you hand over the Iron Cavalry, and for the rest of your life, you will never set
29:30foot on a battlefield again.
29:42I accept.
29:43Evelyn, isn't this too risky?
29:49Ridiculous.
29:50I won't lose to a worthless like her.
30:01Use this.
30:08A wooden stick.
30:09The general won her die, does he?
30:10Evelyn's got a real sword.
30:11How's she supposed to fight with a wooden stick?
30:12Calm down, Sophie.
30:14I've been holding back for way too long.
30:16I'm going to make her pay.
30:18Don't worry.
30:18I'll get to the bottom of everything.
30:19Your whole family's deaths.
30:21Oh.
30:22Coming at me with a stick.
30:24Hmph.
30:25Sophie.
30:26I know you've been riding on your family's dead war heroes to get glory, but you'll never be as good
30:31as me.
30:32We're the ones risking our necks on the front line, shedding blood, killing enemies, and in the end, all the
30:37credit goes to some woman who only got ahead because of her family name.
30:40Exactly what makes her a colonel just because her dad's a general.
30:43Evelyn, beat her to a pulp.
30:44Evelyn!
30:46Shut up!
30:47One more word!
30:48You'll face court-martial!
30:51All because of you.
30:53My father died in that fire at Black Creek.
30:56And my six brothers...
30:58There is no need.
31:00Evelyn will beat you.
31:05Step back.
31:09Arm duel.
31:10Whoever knocks the other off their horse first wins.
31:13Begin.
31:33That strike from Sophie was brutal.
31:36Evelyn nearly got knocked off her horse.
31:38Again!
31:39Again!
31:48That wooden stick?
31:50General Lucas gave it to you.
31:51Is it modified or something?
31:54Impossible.
31:55I'm a cavalry soldier.
31:56How can I get beaten like this by some stick?
31:58The stick, it's got to be modified.
32:01Yeah, unfair.
32:02There must be something wrong with that stick.
32:04Yes, that's not fair.
32:08Look closely.
32:14Again?
32:16Don't get cocky!
32:30Stop playing tricks.
32:44Hmm.
32:49Whoa!
32:50Hmm!
32:53Hmm!
32:54Hmm!
32:56Hmm!
33:00Hmm!
33:11I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:19I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:32Neil.
33:40For a year, every single night, I dream about that fire.
34:00You... you can't kill me. I'm a hero.
34:08You killed my whole family. You deserve to die!
34:11Sophie!
34:18You lose.
Comments