From director Steven Spielberg comes War Horse, an epic adventure for audiences of all ages.
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. When they are
forcefully parted, the film follows Joey’s the extraordinary journey 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.
The First World War is experienced
through the journey of this horse – an odyssey of joy and sorrow,
passionate friendship and high adventure. War Horse is one of
the great stories of friendship and war – a best-selling book by author
Michael Morpurgo, it was turned into an award-winning stage production
and now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great
directors in film history.