The history of Polish cavalry in its fight against the Germans in WWII as symbolized by an off-white horse that passes to various people in the military. Wajda, son of a cavalry officer killed in the war, made his first color film as a tribute to the heroic horsemen who faced German tanks.

Dramat wojenny ukazujacy w poetyckiej opowiesci o pieknej klaczy, ktorej kolejni wlasciciele - oficerowie kawalerii - gina, tragedie kleski wrzesniowej.

Cast: Helena Krzyzanowska, Adam Pawlikowski, Jerzy Moes, Wieslaw Golas.
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
1959, Color, 89 mins.
NTSC format - ready to use in the USA and Canada - no need for multisystem equipment.
In Polish with optional English Subtitles
Genre: World War I-II, Drama