Romance of a Horsethief
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Duration Country FranceItalyYugoslavia | 5.2/10 Genre Adventure, Drama Running time 1h 49m Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1971 (1971) Cast Similar movies Abraham Polonsky directed Romance of a Horsethief and wrote the screenplay for Body and Soul |
Romance of a horsethief 1971 yul brynner serge gainsbourg jane birkin
Romance of a Horsethief (French: Le roman d'un voleur de chevaux, Italian: Il romanzo di un ladro di cavalli, Serbo-Croatian: Romansa konjokradice) is a 1971 French-Italian-Yugoslav adventure film directed by Abraham Polonsky. It is loosely based on the 1917 novel with the same name by Joseph Opatoshu.
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Plot summary
In Polish Russia, Stoloff, a Cossack in exile has gained control over a Jewish village. The villagers live by horse-thievery and under the leadership of Kifke. Stoloff's regime is tolerated until he commandeers the village's horses for the Russian army. Naomi has been away in France and gotten ideas of a revolution and inspires the town to resist. This gets Naomi into deep trouble, from which only Kifke and his compatriot Zanvil can rescue her. Zanvil is highly motivated since he is in love with Naomi.
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