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Writers:
Joseph Kessel (novel)
Dalton Trumbo (writer)
Release Date:
16 August 1971 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
A Horse Worth Killing For. A Dream Worth Dying For.
Plot:
In the poor, desolate northern provinces of the mountainous feudal Sunni kingdom of Afghanistan (before the Soviet-engineered republican revolutions)... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
Action adventure in Afghanastan: needs to become a DVD! more (9 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Omar Sharif | ... | Uraz |
 | Leigh Taylor-Young | ... | Zareh |
 | Jack Palance | ... | Tursen |
 | David de Keyser | ... | Mukhi |
| Peter Jeffrey | ... | Hayatal |
| Mohammad Shamsi | ... | Osman Bey |
| George Murcell | ... | Mizrar |
 | Eric Pohlmann | ... | Merchant in Kandahar |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ishaq Bux | ... | Amjad Kahn |
| Carlos Casaravilla | ... | Messenger |
| José Luis Chinchilla | ... | Head Syce |
| Mark Colleano | ||
| P. De Quevedo | ... | King |
| Srinanda De | ||
| Despo Diamantidou | ... | Uljan (as Despo) |
 | Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Zam Hajji |
 | Saeed Jaffrey | ... | District Chief |
| Leon Lissek | ... | Chikana Proprietor |
| Ricardo Palacios | ... | Ghulam |
| Salmaan Peerzada | ... | Salih (as Salmaan Peer) |
| Milton Reid | ... | Aqqul |
| Aziz Resham | ... | Bacha to Ghulam |
| John Ruddock | ... | Scribe |
| Vida St. Romaine | ... | Gypsy Woman |
| Sy Temple | ... | Quadir |
| Jesús Tordesillas | ... | Little Governor |
| Tom Tryon | ||
| Barbara Wain | ... | Nurse |
| Alan Webb | ... | Gardi Gay |
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Runtime:
109 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG
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The film began shooting using 65mm negative (Super Panavision), but for budgetary reasons quickly switched over to 35mm anamorphic Panavision. more
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District Chief: What demon has possessed you to mock these good people with that piece of dog-bait? more
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An excellent adaptation of the Book by Joseph Kessel; centered on the running of the first Buskashi in Kabul by the King of Afghanistan circa the 1950s. I have read the book in its English translation(1968) and seen the Movie on VHS.(1671) The movie is very fresh and not dated; and all the more compelling due to recent liberation from Arab control of that country. Footage of the Buskashi just has to be from a real game. The games were played at Bagram (Bagrimi) the plain above Kabul which was made an airport in recent years.
The author, Kessel can be compared to Joseph Conrad and Hemmingway as he apparently lived what he wrote. The book has themes just as penetrating as "Heart of Darkness" or "the Old man and the Sea" and much has translated well to this Movie. The acting is well done and convincingly. Local color shots were done in the late sixties giving this film a truly timeless feeling with little motor traffic evident.
One inspired scene has Jack Palance as Chief breeder and legendary Horseman, interrupted in his instructions to his team by the noise of a Jet; and looking up to see contrails above.
This is a real treasure just begging to be on DVD.