This award winning film, based on Alan Marshall’s heartwarming book, has transferred the setting from the Australian outback to a huge stud farm in the picturesque countryside of Moravia, a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the turn of the century. Adam, the energetic son of a horse trainer contracts polio and is hospitalised. He is still determined, however, to fulfil his constant dream of riding a horse, and he persuades his friends to help him in secret. Czech language with English sub-titles. Not suitable for children.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
324036
Languages
Czech
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Czech Republic
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped
Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations
Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)