Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Stealing horses

Romance of a Horsethief (1971)

Directed by Abraham Polonsky this film based on the novel of the same name stars Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin and Henri Serre. As Russia goes to war with Japan in 1904 Polish horse thieves find themselves out of work.

The plot of this period film is fairly thin and disappointingly all the big name actors are shifted to supporting roles. There is not really a lot of romance involved and all round this seems like a token effort. Some of the image and sound quality is not always the best making it hard to find much to recommend this film on.


2/5

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