Vibre Cheval Sauvage

 

Vibre Cheval Sauvage

(The Wild Horse)

 

A 1961 French documentary

Producer: Jacques Duhamel

Director: Marc de Gastyne

Photography: Marc de Gastyne

Music:

Running time: 16 minutes

 

Story: Vibre, a wild horse, experiences exciting adventures in Camargue with his new friend, a little jockey.

 

Cast:

Jacky, Mireva, and the guardians Mailhan and Saint-Léger (The Riders).

A short film from 1961 directed by Marc de Gastyne. Filmed in the Camargue area of Southern France that was made famous by Joë Hamman in the silent era.  Marco de Gastyne specialized in making children's films just as the Italian Angio Zane ("Okay, Sheriff") and the Dutchman Johan van der Keuken ("Indische Jongen", both 1964) had.

"Vibre" is on a plastic spool and in a metal box (which probably helped). The first few seconds of the opening credits are missing from the surviving print. It is in very good condition, with some fine scratches and occasional splice patching.