A Horse Called Nijinsky
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| A Horse Called Nijinsky | |
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 VHS cover for the film |
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| Directed by | Jo Durden-Smith |
| Produced by | Tom Parkinson |
| Written by | Jo Durden-Smith |
| Narrated by | Orson Welles |
| Starring | Nijinsky |
| Music by | Jean Sibelius |
| Cinematography | William Brayne Brian Grainger Harry Hart Gareth Haywood Nicholas D. Knowland Charles Stewart Ivan Strasburg Clive Tickner |
| Editing by | Ted Hooker |
| Distributed by | Eagle Films Ltd. |
| Release date(s) |  1970 |
| Running time | 55 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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A Horse Called Nijinsky is a 1970 United Kingdom documentary film written and directed by Jo Durden-Smith, produced by Tom Parkinson, and narrated by Orson Welles.
First distributed in 1972 through movie theaters in the U.K. and parts of Europe, in 1988 it was released on VHS video. The film recounts the racing career of the Thoroughbred Champion racehorse Nijinsky, the last horse to ever win the U.K. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing who was named "Horse of the Millennium" by the British newspaper, The Sun.
