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The Turin Horse

Original title: A torinói ló
  • 20112011
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
18K
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The Turin Horse (2011)
A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
Play trailer2:36
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A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
18K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
9,964
640
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Directors
      • Béla Tarr
      • Ágnes Hranitzky
    • Writers
      • László Krasznahorkai(screenplay)
      • Béla Tarr(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • János Derzsi
      • Erika Bók
      • Mihály Kormos
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Béla Tarr
      • Ágnes Hranitzky
    • Writers
      • László Krasznahorkai(screenplay)
      • Béla Tarr(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • János Derzsi
      • Erika Bók
      • Mihály Kormos
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 86User reviews
    • 179Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 15 nominations

    Videos1

    U.S. Version
    Trailer 2:36
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    Photos61

    Mihály Kormos in The Turin Horse (2011)
    Erika Bók in The Turin Horse (2011)
    Erika Bók and János Derzsi in The Turin Horse (2011)
    Erika Bók in The Turin Horse (2011)
    Erika Bók in The Turin Horse (2011)
    János Derzsi in The Turin Horse (2011)
    János Derzsi in The Turin Horse (2011)
    Béla Tarr in The Turin Horse (2011)
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    Top cast

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    János Derzsi
    János Derzsi
    • Ohlsdorfer
    Erika Bók
    Erika Bók
    • Ohlsdorfer's daughter
    Mihály Kormos
    Mihály Kormos
    • Bernhard
    Ricsi
    • Horse
    Mihály Ráday
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Béla Tarr
      • Ágnes Hranitzky
    • Writers
      • László Krasznahorkai(screenplay)
      • Béla Tarr(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The movie consists of only 30 takes.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: In Turin on the 3rd of January 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of the doorway of number six, Via Carlo Albert, perhaps to take a stroll, perhaps to go by the post office to collect his mail. Not far from him, the driver of a hansome cab is having trouble with a stubborn horse. Despite all his urging, the horse refuses to move, whereupon the driver - Giuseppe? Carlo? Ettore? - loses his patience and takes his whip to it. Nietzsche comes up to the throng and puts an end to the brutal scene caused by the driver, by this time foaming at the mouth with rage. For the solidly built and full-moustached gentleman suddenly jumps up to the cab and throws his arms around the horse's neck, sobbing. His landlord takes him home, he lies motionless and silent for two days on a divan until he mutters the obligatory last words "Mutter, ich bin dumm!" and lives for another ten years, silent and demented, under the care of his mother and sisters. We do not know what happened to the horse.

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      Referenced in Paul Schrader on Revisiting Transcendental Style in Film (2017)

    User reviews86

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    Top review
    10/10
    Extraordinary and haunting film about the apocalypse...
    For most of the film's length we watch a father and daughter's sparse and bleak existence in a remote farmhouse, blasted by an eternal wind. Only a couple of visitors come to break the near-silent existence of this couple and their ageing horse. Out of this silence and the wind and the darkness, an apocalyptic vision of a fallen, corrupt world emerges.

    It's a unique and haunting film, like a filming of a near-wordless play of Beckett, stained with an indelible sadness and regret that our world cannot be saved from darkness. Along with SATANTANGO and WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES, this is another masterpiece from Bela Tarr and his regular band of collaborators.
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    • magus-9
    • Feb 16, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 31, 2011 (Hungary)
    • Countries of origin
      • Hungary
      • France
      • Germany
      • Switzerland
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Hungarian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Туринський кінь
    • Filming locations
      • Hungary
    • Production companies
      • TT Filmmûhely
      • MPM Film
      • Vega Film
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $56,391
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,145
      • Feb 12, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $162,088
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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