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If you love horses, watch it. If you just want to see a movie that has a great story alloying drama and action, watch it.

Not only is Kincsem a great horse movie but also represents accurately the underlying tension between the two countries in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I particularly enjoyed the jokes, but I am aware that these were primarily created for the Hungarian viewers. No worries, this does not mean you lose a lot, and the exciting scenes along with the breathtaking landscapes are going to make you wish you could hop on a horse and ride off into the sunset.

I would like to highlight the horse scenes which were amazingly detailed and seemed real. The story was well established and not predictable, the conversations and conflicts were exciting.

Undoubtedly, this has been the best Hungarian movie from the last ten years.

I highly recommend watching it.

This is probably the best horse-racing film ever made, and it is based on a true story: the horse actually existed and won 54 races and was never beaten. The horse is the main character here, and the moment she is introduced you will follow her closely glued to the screen whenever she appears and triumphs in every scene, even when it becomes really critical. Around the horse is spun a romantic intrigue, a real romantic novel of forbidden love, revenge, horrible injustice, deep friendship turning into the opposite, despair and tragedy, and of course it's impossible to like or accept all of it. Ervin Nagy plays a hopeless character to begin with, but I could tolerate him when I found a close resemblance between him and king Ludwig II of Bavaria - the same kind of hopeless lack of judgement. His friend Tamas Keresztes makes a much more sympathetic and interesting character, while the girl Andrea Petrik, with her invalidity, adds plenty of spice to the show. To this comes the cat, which plays an enormously important role although saying nothing, not even miaowing, and constitutes perhaps the key to the story and saves it. This is a very spectacular film reminiscent above all of "Anna Karenina" with Keira Knightly, and the ballroom scenes must have been inspired from that film. But it's the horses that count. The one great portion of humour is presented by the one Englishman in the play, a jockey, whose introduction is perhaps the most unforgettable instance in the film - in bed. This is an adventure that will keep you alert and on the double in the horse-racing scenes.

One Huge Star for the story! Another big one to Ervin Nagy, as a high level actor. The third star is to horse, Kincsem.

And that's it.

High budget movie and it looks very cheap! The cast was awful with few exceptions...But the main actress, Andrea Pertik was definitely the worst choice. (Thanks to her the romance factor was zero unfortunately)

With this story...they would have been made a gorgeous movie!!! Feel disappointed.

But again this critic is to the director and to the producer.....

The only thing I enjoyed truly is the horse race and the performance of Ervin Nagy.

The camera work was nice, and horses looked good, actors were also decent. They butchered the style of the 19th century with the modern dance, music, and cheat tasteless "today's jokes". Music was also awful. Script was horrible very cliche and boring.

The last dramatic scene was one of the worst I've ever seen.

If you read 10/10 reviews most of them are fake , paid ones. Its a shame that they spend tax money on this..

Wasted opportunity. With all the money to spend, somehow they choose Nagy Ervin to star. I mean... really? The guy is on the level of some provincial amateur actors. You don´t know if you should cry or laugh watching him. I would be embarrassed in his place. The music is a disaster. And all looks and feels cheap. Very disappointing.