Miracle of the White Stallions facts for kids

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Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by	Arthur Hiller
Produced by	Ron Miller Walt Disney
Written by	Alois Podhajsky AJ Carothers
Starring	Robert Taylor Lilli Palmer
Music by	Paul J. Smith
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Editing by	Alfred Srp Cotton Warburton
Studio	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)	March 29, 1963 (1963-03-29) (U.S.)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Money made	$2,550,000 (US/ Canada)

Miracle of the White Stallions is a 1963 film released by Walt Disney starring Robert Taylor (playing Alois Podhajsky), Lilli Palmer, and Eddie Albert. It is the story of the evacuation of the Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during World War II. Major parts of the movie were shot at the Hermesvilla palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten of Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility. The music for the soundtrack was based on the first movement of Franz Schubert's Marche Militaire no 1, D733.

Plot

In World War II Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky sets out to protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions - purebred white show horses with centuries of tradition - from starving refugees and the advancing Soviet Army, which might also view them as a food source. Hoping to surrender them into safekeeping, he seeks out U.S. General George S. Patton, a noted horse fancier.

Cast

Comic book adaption

• Gold Key: Miracle of the White Stallions (June 1963)