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War Horse

- Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship.

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.

Release Date : 2011-12-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : DreamWorks PicturesReliance EntertainmentAmblin EntertainmentThe Kennedy/Marshall Company

Production Country : IndiaUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Albert Narracott

Original Name : Jeremy Irvine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ted Narracott

Original Name : Peter Mullan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rose Narracott

Original Name : Emily Watson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandfather

Original Name : Niels Arestrup

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyons

Original Name : David Thewlis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. James Nicholls

Original Name : Tom Hiddleston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maj. Jamie Stewart

Original Name : Benedict Cumberbatch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emilie

Original Name : Celine Buckens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Geordie Soldier

Original Name : Toby Kebbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Charlie Waverly

Original Name : Patrick Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Leonard Carow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunther

Original Name : David Kross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andrew Easton

Original Name : Matt Milne

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Lyons

Original Name : Robert Emms

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Fry

Original Name : Eddie Marsan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Friedrich

Original Name : Nicolas Bro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brandt

Original Name : Rainer Bock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Hinnerk Schönemann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Si Easton

Original Name : Gary Lydon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Sam Perkins

Original Name : Geoff Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Army Doctor

Original Name : Liam Cunningham

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Officer at Farm

Original Name : Sebastian Hülk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Market Auctioneer

Original Name : Gerard McSorley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Martin

Original Name : Tony Pitts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Maj. Singh

Original Name : Irfan Hussein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maj. Tompkins

Original Name : Pip Torrens

Gender : Male

Character Name : French Auctioneer

Original Name : Philippe Nahon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butcher

Original Name : Jean-Claude Lecas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Motorbike Rider

Original Name : Justin Brett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Devon Farmer #1

Original Name : Seamus O'Neill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Devon Farmer #2

Original Name : Pat Laffan

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Trench Solder #1

Original Name : Michael Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Trench Solder #2

Original Name : Peter McNeil O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Trench Soldier #1

Original Name : Trystan Pütter

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Trench Soldier #2

Original Name : Gunnar Cauthery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trench Captain

Original Name : Julian Wadham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senior German Officer

Original Name : Anian Zollner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junior German Officer

Original Name : Michael Kranz

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Officer

Original Name : Hannes Wegener

Gender : Male

Character Name : Base Camp Officer

Original Name : David Dencik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cavalry Recruiting Officer

Original Name : Edward Bennett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Infantry Recruitment Officer

Original Name : Johnny Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wounded Soldier

Original Name : Philip Hill-Pearson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Medic in Trench

Original Name : Tam Dean Burn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Orderly

Original Name : Alan Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shouting German Officer

Original Name : Thomas Arnold

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Artillery Officer

Original Name : Maximilian Brückner

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Artillery Soldier

Original Name : Markus Tomczyk

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Officer on Bridge

Original Name : Peter Benedict

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bagpiper

Original Name : Callum Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fred Goddard

Original Name : Roy Holder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dave Hill

Original Name : Paul Alexander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narracott's Neighbor

Original Name : Maggie Ollerenshaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : David Lyons' Girlfriend

Original Name : Beth Ogden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyons' Cronie

Original Name : Martin Dew

Gender : Male

Character Name : Auction guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Morpurgo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joey

Original Name : Finder's Key

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

A too long story of a horse in times of WW I and its relationship with a young brit and some other characters in the way. Too childish but another family movie from Spielberg in the tradition of E.T. and the like.

Gimly

@Ruuz

2021-06-23

I absolutely understand why _War Horse_ got the highbrow attention that it did, but I did not find it satisfying on a personal level. Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.

shinemon

@shinemon

2023-07-20

Length is more, that can be reduced. But it is a Humbly simple feel good film. Spielberg Touch Is There. Story has good pace and flow of Journey. At last,we will wait anticipatedly for their joining.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-11-17

This film - and indeed the whole "War Horse" story - is a sentimentally charged fountain of serendipitous events that require you to suspend any sense of realism and just let your senses find their own way through the next 2½ hours. We start with an auction where a young colt is bought by a poverty-stricken farmer (Peter Mullen). Now he was supposed to buy a working horse to help plough their inhospitable and rocky farm. Instead, he substantially overpays for a thoroughbred ("Joey") - an independently minded, athlete of an horse that has never been ridden, let alone dragged a plough around for a living! The son of the household, "Albert" (Jeremy Irvine) determines to try and befriend the horse and so creates an enduring bond. That, despite a separation forced on them by the atrocities of the Great War that sees "Joey" sold to Tom Hiddleston before being captured by the Bosche, befriended by a young girl and her grandfather and finally extricated from the carnage of no-man's land by a rare and poignant bit of Christmas Day-style co-operation. Of course, the story is far fetched but it is none the less effective for that. The story of the horse has a continuing thread all of it's own, but then so do each of the people whose life he touches. The ghastliness of war is writ large, as is the prevailing determination of Steven Spielberg to somehow humanise the inhumane - by using an equine actor. It's effective too, for the most part. Irvine is good looking, charming and well cast, as is Toby Kebbell who appears towards the end. The production is of the highest standard, the photography and effects impressive, and the dlalogue refreshingly allows the visuals to do most of the work - a clever and potent abridgement of Peter Morpurgo's original. There really is nothing not to like with this. It is splendid big screen cinema at it's best and well worth a cinema outing if you get a chance.