Romance of a Horsethief

Romance of a Horsethief
Directed by Abraham Polonsky
Produced by Gene Gutowski
Written by David Opatoshu
Starring Yul Brynner
Eli Wallach
Music by Mort Shuman
Cinematography Piero Portalupi
Edited by Kevin Connor
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Country France
Italy
Yugoslavia
Language English

Romance of a Horsethief (French: Le roman d'un voleur de chevaux, Italian: Il romanzo di un ladro di cavalli, Serbo-Croatian: Romansa konjokradice) is a 1971 French-Italian-Yugoslav adventure film directed by Abraham Polonsky. It is loosely based on the 1917 novel with the same name by Joseph Opatoshu.[1][2]

Plot summary

In Polish Russia, Stoloff, a Cossack in exile has gained control over a Jewish village. The villagers live by horse-thievery and under the leadership of Kifke. Stoloff's regime is tolerated until he commandeers the village's horses for the Russian army. Naomi has been away in France and gotten ideas of a revolution and inspires the town to resist. This gets Naomi into deep trouble, from which only Kifke and his compatriot Zanvil can rescue her. Zanvil is highly motivated since he is in love with Naomi.

Cast

References

  1. Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross. The Motion Picture Guide. Cinebooks, 1987. ISBN 0933997124.
  2. Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. Signet, 2005. ISBN 0451216091.


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