The War Horse stories - novel, play and film - chronicle the enduring bond between an English boy and his horse, Joey, after its conscription for the war effort, and highlight the horrors of the First World War for both men and their mounts.īut the unprecedented publicity opportunity generated by the Spielberg film has prompted fresh examinations of the real-life role played by Allied cavalry units in the war. Morpurgo has described how a series of conversations with Great War veterans in rural Devon, England, sparked his interest in the grim saga of how one million horses were deployed and died during the 1914-18 conflict by the British army's cavalry forces, which included Canadian mounted units that fought famously under the Union Jack in one of the war's pivotal moments: the March 1918 Battle of Moreuil Wood. With Oscar buzz already building around director Steven Spielberg's film epic War Horse ahead of its Christmas Day release across Canada, theatre-goers may be surprised to learn that the horse-assisted heroism of Canadian cavalry units during the First World War helped inspire the movie.īased on the 1982 novel of the same name by British children's author Michael Morpurgo - a book later adapted for a hugely successful stage production that uses life-size, mechanical puppets for the horses - the film is rooted in Morpurgo's rediscovery and popularization of the story of Allied cavalry units in the First World War. I found an interesting bit about this movie:Ĭanadian Horses Were Heroes in First World Warīy Randy Boswell, Postmedia News - December 5, 2011 It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history." "War Horse" is one of the great stories of friendship and war-a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is arriving on Broadway next year. The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse-an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets-British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter-before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land. ![]() Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, "War Horse" begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. "From director Steven Spielberg comes "War Horse," an epic adventure for audiences of all ages.
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