The Horsemen

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The Horsemen
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Produced by Edward Lewis
Written by Joseph Kessel (novel)
Dalton Trumbo
Starring Omar Sharif
Leigh Taylor-Young
Jack Palance
Running time 109 min.
Country USA
Language English
IMDb profile

The Horsemen is a 1971 film starring Omar Sharif and directed by John Frankenheimer. It was based on a novel by French writer Joseph Kessel, Les Cavaliers (The Horsemen). It shows Afghanistan and its people the way they were before the wars that wracked the country, particularly their love for the sport of Buzkashi.

Jack Palance plays Tursen, a renowned, retired Buzkashi player, who is disappointed in his son Uraz (Omar Sharif). The film was filmed in Afghanistan and Spain.

A recreation of the film is plan to start in 2007 and be shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It will star, Dennis Quaid and Zhang Ziyi.

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Films directed by John Frankenheimer

The Young Stranger • The Young Savages • All Fall Down • Birdman of Alcatraz • The Manchurian Candidate • Seven Days in May • The Train • Seconds • Grand Prix • The Fixer • The Extraordinary Seaman • The Gypsy Moths • I Walk the Line • The Horsemen • The Iceman Cometh • 99 and 44/100% Dead • Impossible Object • French Connection II • Black Sunday • Prophecy • The Challenge • The Holcroft Covenant (film) • 52 Pick-up • Dead-Bang • The Fourth War • Year of the Gun • The Island of Dr. Moreau • Ronin • Reindeer Games

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