War horse [DVD] / Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; an Amblin Entertainment, Kennedy/Marshall Company production ; a Steven Spielberg film ; directed by Steven Spielberg ; screenplay by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ; executive producers, Frank Marshall, Revel Guest.
Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo and the stage play 'War Horse' by Nick Stafford. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Special features include War Horse: the look (behind the scenes). Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irvine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Kebbell, David Kross, Eddie Marsan, Nicolas Bro, Rainer Bock, Patrick Kennedy, Liam Cunningham.
Summary:
Set in rural England and Europe during the First World War, the story begins with the friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter.
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