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On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
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25/12/2011
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Jeremy Irvine
Albert Narracott
Peter Mullan
Ted Narracott
Emily Watson
Rose Narracott
Niels Arestrup
Grandfather
David Thewlis
Lyons
Tom Hiddleston
Capt. James Nicholls
Benedict Cumberbatch
Maj. Jamie Stewart
Céline Buckens
Emilie
Toby Kebbell
Geordie Soldier
Patrick Kennedy
Lt. Charlie Waverly
Leonard Carow
Michael
David Kross
Gunther
Matt Milne
Andrew Easton
Robert Emms
David Lyons
Eddie Marsan
Sgt. Fry
Nicolas Bro
Friedrich
Rainer Bock
Brandt
Hinnerk Schönemann
Soldier
Gary Lydon
Si Easton
Geoff Bell
Sgt. Sam Perkins
Liam Cunningham
Army Doctor
Sebastian Hülk
German Officer at Farm
Gerard McSorley
Market Auctioneer
Tony Pitts
Sgt. Martin
Irfan Hussein
Sgt. Maj. Singh
Pip Torrens
Maj. Tompkins
Philippe Nahon
French Auctioneer
Jean-Claude Lecas
Butcher
Justin Brett
Motorbike Rider
Seamus O'Neill
Devon Farmer #1
Pat Laffan
Devon Farmer #2
Michael Ryan
British Trench Solder #1
Peter McNeil O'Connor
British Trench Solder #2
Trystan Pütter
German Trench Soldier #1
Gunnar Cauthery
German Trench Soldier #2
Julian Wadham
Trench Captain
Anian Zollner
Senior German Officer
Michael Kranz
Junior German Officer
Hannes Wegener
German Officer
David Dencik
Base Camp Officer
Edward Bennett
Cavalry Recruiting Officer
Johnny Harris
Infantry Recruitment Officer
Philip Hill-Pearson
Wounded Soldier
Tam Dean Burn
Medic in Trench
Alan Williams
Hospital Orderly
Thomas Arnold
Shouting German Officer
Maximilian Brückner
German Artillery Officer
Markus Tomczyk
German Artillery Soldier
Peter Benedict
German Officer on Bridge
Callum Armstrong
Bagpiper
Roy Holder
Fred Goddard
Paul Alexander
Dave Hill
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Narracott's Neighbor
Beth Ogden
David Lyons' Girlfriend
Martin Dew
Lyons' Cronie
Michael Morpurgo
Auction guest (uncredited)
Finder's Key
Joey
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A too long story of a horse in times of WW I and its relationship with a young brit and some other characters in the way. Too childish but another family movie from Spielberg in the tradition of E.T. and the like.
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I absolutely understand why _War Horse_ got the highbrow attention that it did, but I did not find it satisfying on a personal level. Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.
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Length is more, that can be reduced. But it is a Humbly simple feel good film. Spielberg Touch Is There. Story has good pace and flow of Journey. At last,we will wait anticipatedly for their joining.
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This film - and indeed the whole "War Horse" story - is a sentimentally charged fountain of serendipitous events that require you to suspend any sense of realism and just let your senses find their own way through the next 2½ hours. We start with an auction where a young colt is bought by a poverty-stricken farmer (Peter Mullen). Now he was supposed to buy a working horse to help plough their inhospitable and rocky farm. Instead, he substantially overpays for a thoroughbred ("Joey") - an independently minded, athlete of an horse that has never been ridden, let alone dragged a plough around for…
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