War Horse (12A)
Certificate:
Dir:
Steven Spielberg
Year:
2011
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Length:
146 mins
Cast:
Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, Peter Mullan, Benedict Cumberbatch
Format:
Digital
Steven Spielberg's (Saving Private Ryan) film retains the moving simplicity and charm of the phenomenally successful stage play, based on Michael Morpurgo's novel.
Newcomer Jeremy Irvine is Albert, a young man left heartbroken when his beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry at the start of WWI. Joey goes on an extraordinary odyssey through the conflict, but isn't forgotten by Albert who, though too young to enlist, embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.
Involving themes of conflict and loss of innocence, it's no surprise Spielberg was attracted to this story; and his sweeping production movingly documents both the large-scale slaughter of WWI and the very personal journey of Albert and Joey against it.
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