Miracle of the White Stallions

5.8
19631h 58m

In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.

Production

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Cast

Photo of Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Col. Podhajsky

Photo of Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer

Vedena Podhajsky

Photo of Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

Gen. Tellheim

Photo of Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Rider Otto

Photo of James Franciscus

James Franciscus

Maj. Hoffman

Photo of John Larch

John Larch

General George S. Patton, Jr.

Photo of Brigitte Horney

Brigitte Horney

Gräfin Arco-Valley

Photo of Charles Regnier

Charles Regnier

General Stryker

Photo of Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wepper

Bereiter Hans

Photo of Erik Schumann

Erik Schumann

Capt. Danhoff

Photo of Philip Abbott

Philip Abbott

Colonel Reed

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r96sk

5/10

Too pedestrian for my liking.

The concept as a whole isn't all that interesting, at least in regards to making a film about it. Nothing about it really stands out really, Robert Taylor does a decent job as Podhajsky but I'm struggling to pick out any others.

Also, for a film about horses there's hardly any major scenes with them. It's practically just 118 minutes filled with chatting which either goes against what Podhajsky desires or impacts Podhajsky and the Spanish Riding School. 'Miracle of the White Stallions' is just all rather dull, which is a surprise for a film set during World War II.

I assume Disney were going for an artsy film about Austria and its Lipizzan horses - as they similarly attempted with 1962's 'Almost Angels', which focuses on Vienna's Boys' Choir. It mostly worked in that, though it doesn't for me in this unfortunately.

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