In this American Film Institute-subsidized short subject, Fionnula Flanagan plays a sharp-tongued but compassionate nun, while Peter Lempert is cast as a sullen, emotionally disturbed boy. The title refers to the "thawing" process that occurs when the nun attempts to break through Lempert's wall of silence. Winner of the Oscar for "Best Short Film, Live Action".
| Directing | Peter Werner | Director |
| Camera | Stephen L. Posey | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Peter Werner | Writer |
| Writing | Joyce Carol Oates | Novel |
| Sound | Don Peake | Music |
| Art | Aleka Corwin | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Mitch Breit | Gaffer |
| Camera | Frederick Elmes | Additional Photography |
| Editing | Halle Mandel | Additional Editor |
| Sound | Don Peake | Conductor |
| Crew | Nancy Nigrosh | Thanks |
