90 minutes
1/1/1976
Commandant Gardefort, horseman at the Cadre Noir Riding Academy in Saumur, having given up hope of promotion decides to retire. To fill his time until then, he buys a mare, Milady, and in two years trains her to the highest dressage haute ecole standards. But he finds himself in dire financial straits over his divorce, and is obliged to sell the mare. She is bought by a rich Belgian banker, who transforms Milady into a circus horse. Visiting him, Gardefort resolves the situation in the only way he sees fit.
Jacques Dufilho
as Commander Gardefort
Claude Giraud
as Grumbach, banker
Jean Martinelli
as Béguier de La Digue
François Marthouret
as Luc de Leal, Gardefort's student
Pascale de Boysson
as Mrs. Gardefort
Michel Duplaix
as Judge
Jacques Maury
as Notary
Jean Champion
as Chapuzot
Jean-Jacques Chollet
as Bookseller
François Viaur