Several of the works of writer Bohumil Říha have been filmed. This novel by the pro-regime writer also inspired a children’s film, which was directed in 1981 by the experienced family filmmaker Václav Gajer. The story takes place in 1947 and it is based on the popular model of the relationship between a human hero and an indomitable animal protagonist. The tale of the freedom necessary for life, is, of course, beholden to the standards of the time: the Hucul horse that heals an old villager, has remained in the small village in Šumava after the Soviet soldiers have left. This is a pleasing movie that engages with the acting performance of Zdeněk Řehoř and the depiction of the indisputable beauty of the Šumava landscape as shot by cameraman Jan Němeček.
Genre: Family
Stars: Zdeněk Řehoř, Miloš Nedbal, Bedřich Prokoš, Miloslav Štibich, Jan Faltýnek, Jaroslava Tichá
Crew: Václav Gajer (Director), Bohumil Říha (Book), Bohumil Říha (Screenplay), Václav Gajer (Screenplay), Josef Jarolímek (First Assistant Director), Václav Křístek (Assistant Director)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
Runtime: 81 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 26, 1982
IMDb: 10
Keywords:based on children's book
