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.
Directed byVáclav Gajer

Featuring

Zdeněk Řehoř
Antonín Jakub

Miloš Nedbal
Bratranec

Bedřich Prokoš
Miloslav Štibich

Jan Faltýnek

Jaroslava Tichá

Karolina Slunéčková

Veronika Gajerová

Jiří Hálek
Jiří Kostka
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