The Horse Sacrifice

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 18 min
  • Premiere: 1970. January 1.

Broadcast to a large portion of the Danish population in January 1970, Hesteofringen ('Horse Sacrifice') was the ostensible ritual slaughtering and dismemberment of a horse in protest of the ongoing war in Vietnam (the horse was actually very old and put down humanely by a vet).

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Erik Hagens

Director of Photography

Per Kirkeby

Director of Photography

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Camera

Erik Hagens

Director of Photography

Per Kirkeby

Director of Photography

Directing