A Horse Called Nijinsky

A Horse Called Nijinsky

Infobox Film
name = A Horse Called Nijinsky


image_size = 200px
caption = VHS cover for the film
director = Jo Durden-Smith
producer = Tom Parkinson
writer = Jo Durden-Smith
narrator = Orson Welles
starring = Nijinsky II
music = Jean Sibelius
cinematography = William Brayne
Brian Grainger
Harry Hart
Gareth Haywood
Nicholas D. Knowland
Charles Stewart
Ivan Strasburg
Clive Tickner
editing = Ted Hooker
distributor = Eagle Films Ltd.
released = flagicon|UK 1970
runtime = 55 min.
country = UK
language = English
imdb_id = 0430194

"A Horse Called Nijinsky" is a 1970 United Kingdom documentary film written and directed by Jo Durden-Smith, produced by Tom Parkinson, and narrated by Orson Welles.

First distributed in 1972 through movie theaters in the UK and parts of Europe, in 1988 it was released on VHS video. The film recounts the racing career of the Thoroughbred Champion racehorse Nijinsky II the last horse to ever win the UK. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing who was named "Horse of the Millennium" by the British newspaper, "The Sun".

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