White Mane | |
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Directed by | Albert Lamorisse |
Written by | Screenplay: Albert Lamorisse Commentary: James Agee Albert Lamorisse Saul J. Turell Story:: Denys Colomb de Daunant |
Based on | Crin-Blanc 1959 story by René Guillot |
Produced by | Albert Lamorisse |
Starring | Alain Emery |
Narrated by | Frank Silvera Les Marshak |
Cinematography | Edmond Séchan |
Edited by | Georges Alépée |
Music by | Maurice Leroux |
Distributed by | Films Montsouris Janus Films |
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Running time | 47 minutes (France) 31 minutes (USA) |
Country | France |
Language | French |
White Mane (French: Crin-Blanc and Crin Blanc, Cheval Sauvage) is a 1953 short film directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. It is based on a children's book with the same name by the French author René Guillot.
The forty-seven-minute short, filmed on location in the marshes of Camargue, France, won numerous awards on its release, including the Short Film Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The film also became popular with children and was marketed for them. The story tells a fable of how a young boy tames a wild white stallion called White Mane.