The Horsemen is a
1971 film starring
Omar Sharif, directed by
John Frankenheimer; screenplay by
Dalton Trumbo. Based on a novel by French writer
Joseph Kessel,
Les Cavaliers (
The Horsemen) shows
Afghanistan and its people the way they were before the wars that wracked the country, particularly their love for the sport of
buzkashi.
Jack Palance plays Tursen, a renowned, retired
buzkashi player, who is disappointed in his son Uraz (Omar Sharif). The film was filmed in Afghanistan and
Spain.