Miracle of the White Stallions

Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)

In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.

Date of release
1963-03-29
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Arthur Hiller

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: My Dancing White Horses
  • Filmed in: Vienna and Wien Heiligenstadt railway station

Miracle of the White Stallions is a 1963 American adventure war film released by Walt Disney starring Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, and Eddie Albert. It is based on the story of Operation Cowboy which was the evacuation of 70 Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna and retrieval of 300 Lipizzaner horses from a breeding farm in Czechoslovakia. The prized Lipizzaner horses were Austrian national treasures in danger of being used for food supply by the advancing Soviet Army during World War II.

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