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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.
Aug 18, 1971 · With Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin, Lainie Kazan. In 1905, Polish horse thieves living near the Russian border find their livelihoods threatened by the new Russo-Japanese conflict because the Russian army requisitions all horses and forcibly conscripts all men for the war.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- Abraham Polonsky
- 1971-08-18
Jewish peasants try to stop their horse-trading racket from falling into the hands of the Cossacks.
- Abraham Polonsky
- Comedy, Drama
- Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin
Romance of a Horsethief (1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Synopsis: Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling.
- Piero Portalupi
- Abraham Polonsky
- Yugoslavia
- Adventure. Drama | Historical. 1900s. Horses
Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain Stoloff, occupies the town and, in the name of the Czar, requisitions all the horses for the Russian-Japanese War.
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Directed by Abraham Polonsky. The Excitement and Romance of Old Russia! Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling.
