in tedesco xe Lipizzaner e cussì i ga tradotto in inglese, vediAdlerTS ha scritto:I slovena de Lipica e quella italiana de Lipizza ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipizzan
in tedesco xe Lipizzaner e cussì i ga tradotto in inglese, vediAdlerTS ha scritto:I slovena de Lipica e quella italiana de Lipizza ,
Per l'Assunta del 15 agosto, mai vista tanta gente come 'sto anno ! Impossibile trovar uno spazio libero !babatriestina ha scritto:Mia nona iera ssai devota de sta madonina, go trovado una foto de circa 100 ani fa de ela inzenociada davanti.. al epoca del comunismo no la iera curada, ma i mii me gaveva portado a vederla
I ga fato anche un film. No so el titolo, ma me ricordo de questa storia che go visto de picia. Me par che iera anche paura che i finissi soto i bombardamenti. I stalloni iera in un allevamento e le femmine coi pici iera de un'altra parte. Nel lieto fine se senti camion che riva, in lontananza, e i nitriti dei cavai che saluda le femine che sta rivando, in salvo finalmente.AdlerTS ha scritto:go trovado sta curiosità che copio/incollo:
[..] Verso la fine della seconda guerra mondiale, venne sfiorata la tragedia: la Scuola Spagnola di Equitazione di Corte, infatti, fu sul punto di scomparire per sempre, in quanto i “bianchi stalloni” facevano decisamente gola alle truppe sovietiche ormai giunte alle porte di Vienna…Il colonnello Alois Podhajski, Comandante della Scuola ed egli stesso provetto cavaliere (Medaglia di Bronzo alle Olimpiadi di Berlino del 1936 su “Nero”!), fece in modo che il generale Patton, Comandante dell’esercito americano in Europa e arrivato in Austria da Francoforte appositamente per rendersi conto della serietà del problema, prendesse sotto la sua protezione i Lipizzani e, in seguito allo storico incontro tra gli stalloni viennesi ed un reparto di militari americani a St. Martin in Oberösterreich, riuscisse a sottrarli alla cattura da parte dei sovietici.
Questa grande avventura a lieto fine è stata narrata dallo stesso colonnello Podhajski nel suo libro “The Miracle of Dancing Horses”.
Su Youtube se trova una breve scena del film.MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS, for a number of reasons, may be the most atypical Disney live-action film ever released up to that time (1962). Completely bereft of the "cute" kids, fast pacing for low attention spans, action or humor that, for better or worse, were trademarks of the usual Disney non-animated feature, and featuring three middle-aged stars (Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Curt Jurgens) that even then were demographically wrong for what was sold as a "kid flick," my interest in this MIRACLE was constantly engaged by the strange convergence of all these un-Disney-like factors.
The story is a true one: during the last perilous months of the World War II conflict, Vienna's famed Spanish Riding School and its prized Lipizzan stallions are threatened by devastating bombing raids and indifferent Nazi commanders. Despite the dangers involved in evacuating the magnificent animals, the school's director (Taylor) and a handful of heroic citizens attempt a daring, life-threatening plan to move the stallions away from the ravages of war and, more importantly, keep the historic breed alive.
MIRACLE represents an interesting footnote to golden age giant Robert Taylor's long career. (Taylor was under exclusive contract to M.G.M. from 1934 to 1958, which makes him the longest-running contract star in film history, a record that never can be broken.) Taylor's performance here, his last in a major film, was widely criticized for being too one note ---- I couldn't disagree more. Taylor's characterization is an unflinching one, totally and passionately devoted to his horses, making it quite clear that this man would literally do anything to save his stallions, no matter what the cost. Nor does Taylor glorify or gloss over the fact that his character, despite or perhaps because of his zeal, exhibits very little patience , tact, common sense, and concern for the welfare of his loved ones. (It's fascinating to compare Taylor's work here wth that of Burt Lancaster's in John Frankenheimer's far superior 1964 THE TRAIN, in which Lancaster, a tradesman with no knowledge or interest in art, is designated to prevent the Nazi's from transporting France's great art treasures back to Germany on a special train.) So strong , in fact , is Taylor's work here, that he is able almost single-handedly to cancel out this MIRACLE'S two major deficiencies, the incredibly lanquid, lethargic and lackadaisical direction of Arthur Hiller, and a ridiculously trivial musical score by Paul Smith, whose similarly simplistic musical meanderings were the sole negative factor of Disney's earlier, otherwise exemplary 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA.
As good as Taylor is here, credit must be shared with Lilli Palmer, whose ability to animate and enliven a nothing part, as Taylor's patient and loving wife, is on luminous display here, and especially Curt Jurgens, who, through his warmth and sensitivity, almost makes you believe that there was such a thing as a "good Nazi". I said almost.
The full screen transfer here is perfectly acceptable, as is the mono sound. All things considered, this MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS is an interesting curiousity from the Disney stable.
[DICK DINMAN]
Mercoledì prossimo , prevista visita a Lipizza dela regina Elisabetta d'Inghilterra, nel quadro de una visita de stato in Slovenia.AdlerTS ha scritto:Gavé sentido el petegolez de una probabile visita de Sua Maestà britannica a Lipizza ?