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title: 'Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Hiller'
released: '1963-03-29'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/miracle-of-the-white-stallions-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057312/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)

1963 · 117 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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. To gain Patton's aid, Podhajsky and his team from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna perform for Patton with their Lipizzaner stallions a precision dressage exhibition and the individual "Airs Above the Ground" with the hope Patton will see the value of horses and help rescue the mares and foals in Czechoslovakia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hiller)
- **Screenplay:** [AJ Carothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/aj-carothers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-smith), [Sherman Brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sherman-brothers)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-anders), [Peter Pochlatko](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-pochlatko)
- **Editor:** [Cotton Warburton](https://cinepixo.com/people/cotton-warburton), [Alfred Srp](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-srp)

## Cast

- [Josef Krastel](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-krastel) as Att. Carl
- [Harry Hornisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hornisch) as first rider
- [Robert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-taylor) as Colonel Podhajsky
- [Philo Hauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/philo-hauser) as Dispatcher
- [Michael Tellering](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-tellering) as Stryker's adjutant
- [James Dobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-dobson) as southern G.I.
- [Charles Régnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-regnier) as General Stryker
- [James Franciscus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-franciscus) as Major Hoffman
- [Günther Haenel](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-haenel) as Groom Sascha
- [Helmut Janatsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-janatsch) as intruder
- [Fritz Wepper](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-wepper) as Rider Hans
- [Herbert Prikopa](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-prikopa) as Orderly Tellheim
- [Max Haufler](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-haufler) as engineer
- [Hal Galili](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-galili) as Brooklyn G.I.
- [Peter Jost](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jost) as Kreisleiter

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/miracle-of-the-white-stallions
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/miracle-of-the-white-stallions-1963
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