The Turin horse
DVD - 2011
On January 3, 1889 in Turin, Italy, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of the doorway of number six, Via Carlo Albert. Not far from him, a cab driver is having trouble with a stubborn horse. The horse refuses to move, whereupon the driver loses his patience and takes his whip to it. Nietzsche puts an end to the brutal scene, throwing his arms around the horse's neck, sobbing. Afterwards, he lies motionless and silent for two days on a divan, until he loses consciousness and his mind. The man who whipped the horse is a rural farmer who makes his living taking on carting jobs into the city with his horse-drawn cart. The horse is old and in very poor health, but does its best to obey its master's commands. The farmer and his daughter must... come to the understanding that it will be unable to go on sustaining their livelihoods. The dying of the horse is the foundation of this tragic tale.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Historical films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[United States] :
Cinema Guild Home Video
2011.
- Language
- Hungarian
English - Other Authors
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- Item Description
- Originally released in 2011.
Anamorphic widescreen, 1.66:1.
Special features include: Hotel Magnezít, a short film by Béla Tarr; Audio commentary by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum; Press conference from the Berlin Film Festival; Theatrical trailer. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; NTSC all regions ; anamorphic widescreen, 1.66:1; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Audience
- Rating: Not rated.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Fred Kelemen ; music, Mihály Vig ; editor, Ágnes Hranitzky.
- ISBN
- 9780781514033
