NET Playhouse: The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Drama
Director
N/A
Writers
Ronald Ribman, Ivan Turgenev
Stars
Jack Aaron, Susan Anspach, William Bassett
Release Date
October 14, 1966
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
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Jack Aaron
as Gregory
Susan Anspach
as Miss Grubov
William Bassett
as Rubin
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Jim Doerr
as Lt. Zimin
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Catherine Gaffigan
as Katerina Prolomnaya
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Martha Greenhouse
as Mrs. Ozhogin
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Mark Hammer
as Dr. Korvin
Dustin Hoffman
as Zoditch
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Susan Lipton
as Feathers & Volobrina
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Harry Miller
as Lawyer Levinov
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
National Educational Television (NET)
🏷️ Keywords
filmed playbased on play
🎯 Categories
Drama
⭐ Featured Review
Fascinating, complex character study
"Very interesting, well acted videotaped play, starring Dustin Hoffman in one of his earliest leading roles. Hoffman has some great moments, though he occasionally goes over the top, but the whole cast of NY theater actors is top notch. Hoffman plays a reader for a publishing company in 1890s Russia with grandiose dreams who is assigned to read the diary of a now dead nobleman, and their two very different tragic lives blend in Hoffman's character's head. Deft and well handled and ultimately quite moving. A very interesting use of multiple time frames and fantasies. The quality ..."
💡 Did You Know?
This production was presented off-Broadway, where it won an Obie Award. Dustin Hoffman repeats his stage role.
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📖 Synopsis
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