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The Old Jockey
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THE OLD JOCKEY

Старый наездник

Directed by Boris Barnet
Soviet Union, 1940
Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

An aging jockey has difficulty accepting that he’s no longer any good. In despair, he moves back to his village to finish out his years – and discovers in the stables there a horse that may be his one last shot at glory. Banned until 1959.

Synopsis

An aging jockey has difficulty accepting that he’s no longer any good. In despair, he moves back to his village to finish out his years – and discovers in the stables there a horse that may be his one last shot at glory. Banned until 1959.