The white stallion
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The white stallion |
| Original title | Crin-Blanc |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 47 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Albert Lamorisse |
| production | Albert Lamorisse |
| music | Maurice Leroux |
| camera | Edmond Séchan |
| cut | Georges Alépée |
| occupation | |
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The white stallion , also the stallion Crin Blanc (original title: Crin-Blanc ), is a French short film by Albert Lamorisse , which was released in French cinemas in 1952.
action
Crin-Blanc is the lead stallion of a herd of wild and free horses that live in the lonely region of Camargue . One day he is caught by a cattle breeder who wants to tame the animal and thereby also rob him of his freedom. But neither the breeder nor his assistants manage to break the will of the proud white stallion. He is released and at the same time declared an outlaw. That calls the fisher boy Folco on the scene. His goal is to gain Crin-Blanc's trust and tame himself. In fact, the little boy succeeds in making friends with the horse, much to the annoyance of the cattle farmer, who puts his shepherds on the stallion. Folco then flees with Crin-Blanc. At the end of the film, the two friends ride into the sea and disappear into the waves, in search of a better world where there are only children and horses.
Reviews
- “ […] The white stallion […] has a frenzied pace, ferocity and such a strong poetic quality that it hurts […] There are breathtaking settings of horses, people and grass. There is a scene of a fight between two stallions who make the blood freeze. And there is the feeling of a boy with a freedom-loving spirit that is mixed with the indomitable heart and strength of a mighty horse, driven to an emotional frenzy that rarely emanates from a movie. "
Awards
The film received the Prix Jean Vigo in 1953 and was awarded the Short Film Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in the same year . A year later followed a nomination for best documentary for the British Film Academy Award , but where it was defeated by George Lowe's Oscar- nominated The Conquest of Everest .
literature
- René Guillot : The white wild horse (original title: Crin blanc ). German by Bruno Berger. Obelisk, Innsbruck & St. Gabriel, Mödling 1974, ISBN 3-85264-056-3
- René Guillot: Crin-Blanc . Hachette Jeunesse, ré-édition 2001, ISBN 2-01321897-4
- Albert Lamorisse: “ Le ballon rouge ” and “Crin-Blanc”. Original texts. Ed. Renate Bernhard. Series: Huebers foreign language texts, 100. Max Hueber Verlag , Ismaning 1958; last in 1998 ISBN 3-19-000100-6
Web links
- The white stallion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ cf. Crowther, Bosley: 'Heidi' and 'White Mane' Make Up the Little Carnegie's Yuletide Program . In: New York Times , December 21, 1953
- ↑ film | Documentary in 1954 on the BAFTA website
- ↑ with German vocabulary in the appendix