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Miracle of the White Stallions

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.

Release Date : 1963-03-29

Language :EnglishFrenchHungarian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Walt Disney Productions

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Cast

Character Name : Col. Podhajsky

Original Name : Robert Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vedena Podhajsky

Original Name : Lilli Palmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gen. Tellheim

Original Name : Curd Jürgens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rider Otto

Original Name : Eddie Albert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maj. Hoffman

Original Name : James Franciscus

Gender : Male

Character Name : General George S. Patton, Jr.

Original Name : John Larch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gräfin Arco-Valley

Original Name : Brigitte Horney

Gender : Female

Character Name : General Stryker

Original Name : Charles Regnier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bereiter Hans

Original Name : Fritz Wepper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Danhoff

Original Name : Erik Schumann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Reed

Original Name : Philip Abbott

Gender : Male

Reviews

r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

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.