Miracle of the White Stallions
Theatrical Film Poster
Directed by	Arthur Hiller
Produced by	Ron Miller Walt Disney
Written by	Alois Podhajsky AJ Carothers
Based on	The Dancing White Horses of Vienna by Alois Podhajsky
Starring	Robert Taylor Lilli Palmer
Music by	Paul J. Smith
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Alfred Srp Cotton Warburton
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date	March 29, 1963 (U.S.)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,550,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

Miracle of the White Stallions is a 1963 film released by Walt Disney starring Robert Taylor (playing Alois Podhajsky), Lilli Palmer, and Eddie Albert. It is the story of the evacuation of the Lipizzaner horses from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during World War II. Major parts of the movie were shot at the Hermesvilla palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten of Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility. The music for the soundtrack was based on the first movement of Franz Schubert‘s Marche Militaire no 1, D733.

Plot[edit]

In World War II Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky sets out to protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions – purebred white show horses with centuries of tradition – from starving refugees and the advancing Soviet Army, which might also view them as a food source. Hoping to surrender them into safekeeping, he seeks out U.S. General George S. Patton, a noted horse fancier.^[a] Perhaps a performance for the General can save the stallions….

Cast[edit]

Comic book adaption[edit]

• Gold Key: Miracle of the White Stallions (June 1963)^[2][3]

Notes[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of American films of 1963

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Miracle of the White Stallions on IMDb
• Miracle of the White Stallions at the TCM Movie Database
• Miracle of the White Stallions at AllMovie

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