User Reviews

I saw this on TV in 1972, the only time it was broadcast. If this is indeed lost in the archives then the BBC should hang its head in shame. The story is told mostly without dialogue and is an intense visual and emotional journey. The man hunts the stallion, succeeds in taming it and riding it - and realises he has quenched a free spirit and lost his soul in the process. He lets the stallion go free. A simple story but beautifully shot and played by Peter Arne. The film mesmerised me at the time and I have seen very little to match it since. The use of Sibelius's 3rd symphony as the background music is ideal and makes the latter part of the film a great example of what the British film director Michael Powell called a 'composed film'. This truly is a haunting masterpiece that lingers long in the mind after it has finished. Come on BBC! Find it and let us see it again.