Windstorm (film)

Windstorm
Film poster
German	Ostwind
Directed by	Katja von Garnier
Starring	Hanna Binke Marvin Linke
Music by	Annette Focks
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	21 March 2013 (2013-03-21)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Windstorm (German: Ostwind) is a 2013 German adventure film about a horse named Windstorm (German: Ostwind) directed by Katja von Garnier.^[1] It is the first movie of a series about the titular horse. Windstorm was portrayed by three different horses.

• Hanna Binke as Mika
• Marvin Linke as Sam
• Cornelia Froboess as Maria Kaltenbach
• Tilo Prückner as Herr Kaan
• Nina Kronjäger as Elisabeth Schwarz
• Jürgen Vogel as Philipp Schwarz
• Marla Menn as Michelle
• Henriette Morawe as Tinka
• Amber Bongard [de] as Fanny
• Detlev Buck as Tierarzt Dr. Anders
• Peter Meinhardt as Landestrainer Hessen
• Martin Butzke as Lehrer
• Simone Henn as Sanitäterin
• Neda Rahmanian as Ärztin
• Florentine Morawe as Pferdemädchen 1
• Paula Heinemann as Pferdemädchen 2
• Charline Grassnickeel Pferdemädchen 3
• Tim Dietrich as Pferdejunge
• Sina Müller as Kleines Mädchen im Zeltlager

Mika, the granddaughter of a stable owner aids a horse who does not like being feared and distrusted by gaining the trust of the horse. In that process she learns horse riding in an unconventional way. And doing so saves the horse from getting sent to a slaughterhouse.

Windstorm is the story of the teenage girl Mika, who, after accidentally setting fire to her teacher's car, gets sent to her grandmother's stable over the holidays, where she is supposed to learn discipline and order. Unexpectedly, though, she learns that she's not only a naturally talented rider, but also speaks the language of the horses. Windstorm is the direct ancestor of the legendary mare Halla, who was known for carrying her hurt rider to the Olympic victory. Mika finds out she is the only one with the ability to ride and tame Windstorm, who is known to be a dangerous horse, and they share an unbreakable, almost magical bond from the start. Windstorm is a movie for all people who love horses, whether young or old.

The film spawned several sequels:

• Ostwind 2, released in cinemas on the 14th of May, 2015;
• Ostwind – Aufbruch nach Ora, released on the 27th of July, 2017;
• Ostwind – Aris Ankunft, released on the 28th of February, 2019;
• Ostwind - Der große Orkan, released online on the 29th of July, 2021.

• Windstorm at IMDb

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