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Romance of a Horsethief

2.7 101 mins Adventure   Drama   1971
Jadran Film   International Film Company   Les Films R.P.  
Director(s): Abraham Polonsky

Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain Stoloff, occupies the town and, in the name of the Czar, requisitions all the horses for the Russian-Japanese War. With no more horses to steal, Kifke cannot afford to marry Estusha and all the young men in the village are likely to be incorporated into the Russian army. This state of affairs cannot continue and Zavill will take care of things.

Casts of Romance of a Horsethief

Yul Brynner

as Captain Stoloff

Eli Wallach

as Kifke

Jane Birkin

as Naomi

Lainie Kazan

as Estusha

David Opatoshu

as Schloime Kradnik

Serge Gainsbourg

as Sigmund

Henri Serre

as Mendel (as Henri Sera)

Linda Veras

as Countess Grabowsky

Marilù Tolo

as Manka

Branko Pleša

as Lt. Vishinsky

Mort Shuman

as le pianiste

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