The White Horses

:"See White Horse for other meanings.Infobox Television
show_name =The White Horses


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aka ="Ferien in Lipizza" (German)
"Počitnice v Lipici" (Slovenian)
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writer =Hanns Wiedmann, Vladimir Carin, Gitta von Cetto
director =Hanns Wiedmann
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starring =Helga Anders: Julka
Helmut Schneider: Dimitrij
Franz Muxeneder: Stanko
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opentheme =Ivo Robić (singer)
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composer =Bojan Adamič
country =Flag|Germany
Flag|Yugoslavia
language =German
num_seasons =1
num_episodes =13
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producer =Hirschfilm München
Triglav Film Ljubljana
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cinematography =Günter Senftleben, Manfred Ensinger, Ivan Belec
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runtime =25
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first_aired =12 September 1966
last_aired =27 February 1967
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imdb_id =0315006
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"The White Horses" is a 1965 television series co-produced by RTS of Yugoslavia and German TV ("Werbung im Südwestfunk").

Plotline

The story follows the adventures of a teenage girl Julia (played by Helga Anders) who leaves Belgrade to spend a holiday on a stud farm run by her Uncle Dimitri (played by Helmuth Schneider), where with the help of head groom Hugo (Franz Muxeneder), white Lipizzaner horses are raised.

In the first episode, stallion Boris is stolen by gypsies who dye his white coat brown so that no one will recognise him. Julia and Hugo set off to find Boris and upon his recovery an affinity is formed between girl and horse.

Transmission

The series, called "Počitnice v Lipici" in Slovenian and "Ferien in Lipizza" (engl.: "Holidays in Lipica") in German, comprised 13 25 minute episodes, all filmed in black and white.

A dubbed version was broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1968, and repeated for many years afterwards (the dubbed soundtrack has since been lost).

Theme song

The theme song to the german version was sung by Ivo Robić.

The UK theme song - written by Michael Carr and Ben Nisbet and later back dubbed onto all versions, was simply titled "White Horses", and credited to "Jacky" - was sung by Jackie Lee. It became a top 10 hit in the UK charts in April 1968. It has been copied and used many times since, including:

*The English band Kitchens of Distinction recorded a cover of the theme song during the sessions for what would be their final album, 1994's "Cowboys and Aliens". It was first released in the UK as a b-side of the album's first single, "Now I'ts Time to Say Goodbye"; it was later released in the US as a b-side of the album's title track
*The film Me Without You used the Jacky version on intro, and the "Kitchens of Distinction" version on the ending credits
*The theme was later covered again by Andrea Ross on her debut album, "Moon River", released in March 2007. The theme was later covered again by Dean and Britta on their second album, "Back Numbers", released in 2007.
*Cerys Matthews performs the song on the compilation "Songs for the Young at Heart" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/whitehorses.htm televisionheaven on the programme]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3080318.stm BBC on the programme]
* [http://www.thechestnut.com/white.htm pictures and information]
* [http://ferieninlipizza.spaces.live.com/ A fan-site about the series]
*imdb title|0315006|The White Horses