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Several of the reviews on this site ask the Disney studio to release this film on DVD. Well, they have and this review refers to the DVD version.
I have been familiar with this movie since I worked at the Disney studio in 16mm film distribution in the 1970s (about 7 years before the VHS blockbuster years began), and am familiar with the original negatives. In what I am finding to be typical of the Disney folks, this film is presented in a ‘full frame’ version, rather than a WIDESCREEN version. The film was shot for a 1:85×1 projected ratio (known as Academy Flat) which presents the picture in a slight retangular format. However, a full frame, 4×3 video transfer of such a negative isn’t all that bad, although it would have distinguised it from the normal VHS format.
Also, I am very surprised that the Disney people didn’t make an effort to ‘clean up’ the original negative, which contains a great amount of negative dirt and scratches. The DVD does preserve the original look to the film (color and tint), but there has been so much technology invented to digitally reproduce an almost flawless image, that I am surprised it isn’t been used. It is one of trhe major reasons that people have switched to DVD.
Also, look for a mistake in the original negative. Just after the horses board the train, there are reddish, flash frames (possibly an overexposure to the camera original negative) which could easily have been removed digitally.
A few “extras” would have been nice, such as behind-the-scenes material. This stinginess is becomming something notorious with recent Disney DVD releases. Walt Disney shot tons of background footage for every movie he made, and this is stored in the studio vaults. I’ve seen it in 16mm, although it was shot on 35mm.. You can ignore the lack of a WIDESCREEN image if the DVD contained these precious extras. Otherwise, it’s just a transfer of the old VHS image. What’s the point of that?
As far as Robert Taylor’s performance, far from being ‘wooden’ (as one reviewer wrote) I agree with another reviewer who said that he was protraying a real man (who was also alive at the time and a hero in Europe), and the script and direction decided to present a truthful, realistic portrrait of him. Don’t forget that this movie, and many others (BALLERINA, HORSE WITHOUT A HEAD, ALMOST ANGELS) were shot in Europe after World War II. They were made chiefly for a European theatrical audience and were intened for an American TV audience on THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY. So, you’ll find a different style of acting and presentation: a bit slow for us, but perfect for their intended audience.
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna has been around for hundreds of years, but was nearly lost in WW2 when the Lipizzaner breeding herd was separated from the stud farm of Piber and moved into Czechoslovakia, and then faced with possible destruction at the hands of the Russians.
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Alois Podhajsky, the Director of the school, made a bold request of the Americans, especially General Patton who himself had ridden in the 1912 Olympics, to save the horses. Patton appreciated the tradition of the Spanish Riding School and was able to effect the rescue of the breeding mares along with allied prisoners of war, effectively saving the Lipizzaners and the tradition of the School.
This Disney movie was made in 1963 and has some of the typical Disney characteristics of the time such as blunting the visual depiction of violence and war, but beyond the technical shortcomings, the movie accurately captures the desperate situation facing those who would save a longstanding tradition bound in living beings — both the horses and the riders — and how many individuals through both minor and grand gestures worked toward a common cause and saved an institution.
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The movie was filmed largely on location, and to watch it is to see a real piece of living history. I highly recommend it.
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