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The Journey of the Fifth Horse (1966)

The Journey of the Fifth Horse poster
Directed by
Larry Arrick, Earl Dawson
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A television film adaptation of a Russian short story about a young writer who becomes obsessed with the life and inner thoughts of a minor character from another author's work. He imagines this character as a lonely clerk struggling with his own insignificance. The story follows his imagined journey and his attempts to find meaning in a seemingly ordinary existence.

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What happens

The Journey of the Fifth Horse est un téléfilm américain réalisé par Larry Arrick et Earl Dawson, diffusé en 1966. C'est la première apparition sur écran de l'acteur américain Dustin Hoffman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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