Black Beauty

Anna Sewell’s classic horse story once again gallops on to the screen in this emotional melodrama. Though written in 1877 it’s original scathing commentary upon cruelty to animals and humans is still regrettably relevant. Unlike the two previous incarnations of the tale, this one is told from the horse’s point of view and sticks closely to the original story which presents episodes from the life of a magnificent black stallion who went from pampered aristocratic life on a country estate to an abused and broken down work horse clopping through the filthy London streets, and back to a farm for his peaceful and well-earned retirement., The story of a splendid horse’s often difficult life in Victorian England, beginning with an idyllic youth spent on a country estate. After being badly injured at the hands of his aristocratic new owners, Beauty is reduced to toiling as a taxi horse in working-class London, followed by an injurious stint pulling heavy grain wagons, before finding unexpected happiness with a peaceful rural retirement., Period drama based on the classic Anna Sewell story, following the adventures of a black colt named Beauty who is befriended by a young girl. The tale moves through Victorian England, from the lush countryside to the dingy cobbled streets of London, where the colt experiences the best and worst in human nature., Period drama based on the classic Anna Sewell story, following the adventures of a black colt named Beauty who is befriended by a young girl. Beauty’s adventure moves through Victorian England, from the lush countryside to the dingy cobbled streets of 19th-century London, where the colt experiences the best and worst in human nature., An old stallion looks back on a difficult life that started with a happy childhood before being sold to a cruel owner who worked him mercilessly.