The Turin Horse ( A torinói ló )

The Turin Horse (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A torinói ló
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
143 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Béla Tarr
Ágnes Hranitzky

Written By:
László Krasznahorkai

Béla Tarr

Actors:
János Derzsi ..... Ohlsdorfer
Erika Bók ..... Ohlsdorfer's daughter
Mihály Kormos ..... Bernhard
Ricsi ..... Horse
Mihály Ráday ..... Narrator

Synopsis:

1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it then collapsed to the ground. In less than one month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would make him bed-ridden and speechless for the next eleven years until his death. But whatever did happen to the horse? This film, which is Tarr's last, follows up this question in a fictionalized story of what occurred. The man who whipped the horse is a rural farmer who makes his living taking on carting jobs into the city with his horse-drawn cart. The horse is old and in very poor health, but does its best to obey its master's commands. The farmer and his daughter must come to the understanding that it will be unable to go on sustaining their livelihoods. The dying of the horse is the foundation of this tragic tale.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 January, 2019.