A wounded stallion, a mysterious gray mare, and a boy who appears from the forest—this isn't your average horse girl summer.
Summer vacation. Mika is overjoyed to see Windstorm again. But then she discovers strange wounds on the belly of Windstorm, for which no one has an explanation. Yet this is Kaltenbach verge of bankruptcy! With a heavy heart Mika decides to participate in a variety tournament in which beckons a high prize money. But during training affects Windstorm distracted, often he runs away easily. Mika pursued the black stallion until deep into the forest and is quite surprised: From the thicket a seemingly magical gray mare appears and the two horses dance around lovingly. Suddenly, a strange boy named Milan appears, who says the mare had escaped him. He claimed that he could Help Mika to win the tournament. But is there still time to save Kaltenbach?
Practical Effects
Real horses doing actual dressage—no CGI shortcuts here.
Direction
Katja von Garnier makes the forest romance feel genuinely mythic.
Cinematography
Sun-dappled German forests that'll ruin your local trail rides.
Director
Katja von Garnier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hanna Binke performed most of her own riding stunts after intensive training; the horse 'Windstorm' was played by multiple lookalike Andalusians.
Part of a surprisingly robust German 'Pferdefilm' tradition that treats teen girl horse obsession with rare seriousness—think less 'Air Bud' and more 'Black Beauty' with EU agricultural policy subtext.
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