Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable 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 extraordinary 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.
Publisher:[United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2012.
General Note: English, French or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.Special features: War Horse: the look.Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo.Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director, Steven Spielberg.
Participant or Performer Note: Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan.
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Rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of war violence ; CHV rating: PG.