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The Legend of the White Horse (1987)

The Legend of the White Horse poster
Original title
Legend of the White Horse
Directed by
Jerzy Domaradzki
Genre
children's film
Country
Poland, United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
3.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy from modern-day Poland and a princess from ancient China team up to protect a magical white horse. Their adventure mixes fantasy with jokes about politics and history.

whimsicalfast-pacedadventurousplayfulsatiricalupbeatmysticallighthearted

What happens

Legend of the White Horse (original title: Biały smok) is a 1987 Polish-American adventure children's film directed by Jerzy Domaradzki and Janusz Morgenstern, based on the magic realism novel White Horse, Dark Dragon by Robert C. Fleet, who also wrote the screenplay. It was produced by Alina Szpak for CBS Theatrical Films, Legend Productions & Film Polski. The film is also a political satire. It was released on July 13, 1987. It was re-released in 2017 by Legend 44 Productions as White Horse, Dark Dragon; Legend 44 Productions is the successor to Legend Productions, the American co-producer and copyright holder of the feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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