The Horse Sacrifice

The Horse Sacrifice

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1970

Runtime

0h 18m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Hesteofringen

Director

Bjørn Nørgaard

Description

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).