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War Horse

War Horse
War Horse

Film Details

Year

2011

Duration

141 minutes

Genres

Period and Historical, War

Language

English (English subtitles)


Synopsis

This big-screen adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel begins in rural Devon, where 16-year-old farmer's son Albert has formed a close bond with Joey, a wilful horse he has successfully trained. When war breaks out, Albert is devastated to be separated from Joey, who is needed at the front. Passed between many different masters and sent into the battlefield where he is often up against machine artillery, we see the scale of the devastation from the point of view of the horses that were engaged in warfare. Eager to be reunited with his horse Joey, but little prepared for the horror he will face, Albert subsequently enlists for the army and joins the melee.


Watch War Horse on Into Film+ and discover a selection of archive World War One newsreels from 1915 that we have added before and after the feature: Seeing the New Year In captures a raucous campfire gathering, Preston and District Roll of Honour 10th series depicts enlistees departing by train and German Trenches after Three Day's Bombardment shows destroyed German trenches.

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12 Classification

This film contains infrequent moderate battle violence.

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