Several of the works of writer Bohumil Říha have been filmed. This novel by the pro-regime writer also inspired a children’s film, which was directed in 1981 by the experienced family filmmaker Václav Gajer. The story takes place in 1947 and it is based on the popular model of the relationship between a human hero and an indomitable animal protagonist. The tale of the freedom necessary for life, is, of course, beholden to the standards of the time: the Hucul horse that heals an old villager, has remained in the small village in Šumava after the Soviet soldiers have left. This is a pleasing movie that engages with the acting performance of Zdeněk Řehoř and the depiction of the indisputable beauty of the Šumava landscape as shot by cameraman Jan Němeček.
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| Release Date: | Mar 26, 1982 |
| Genres: | Family |
| Production Company: | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| Production Countries: | Czechoslovakia |
| Casts: | Zdeněk Řehoř, Miloš Nedbal, Bedřich Prokoš, Miloslav Štibich, Jan Faltýnek, Jaroslava Tichá, Karolina Slunéčková, Veronika Gajerová, Jiří Hálek, Jiří Kostka, Otto Lackovič |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 0 |
