
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
1966, English. Directed by Earl Dawson & Larry Arrick.
Dustin Hoffman stars in this television adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's tale about Dmitri Zoditch, a simple manuscript reader at a publishing house whose grand dreams don't square with his dead-end job and miserable apartment. When he's assigned to read the diary of a nobleman, he finds bitter parallels between his own pathetic existence and the wasted life described in the journal. Michael Tolan and Charlotte Rae co-star.
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- 2h 0m
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- English
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- 14 October 1966
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Ronald Ribman
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The Journey of the Fifth Horse runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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The Journey of the Fifth Horse isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 October 1966. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Journey of the Fifth Horse?
The Journey of the Fifth Horse (1966) was directed by Earl Dawson and Larry Arrick and stars Dustin Hoffman, William Bassett, Charlotte Rae.