Thank you for this post. I have been enjoying the film, and precisely in the 37th minute I had to stop and rewatch the scene to see if I was really seeing what I was seeing. You can see that they dug a rectangular hole out of the ice, covered up one end as much as possible with ice debris, and then forced a harnessed horse to run straight in. I cannot see how the horse didn't drown (and even if by some miracle they managed to pull it out, it's still extremely abusive).
Adults can volunteer to suffer for forms of art, but children and animals do not. It greatly mars my sense of any film when this sort of thing is included, and yes, I do hold the filmmakers accountable, as basic concern for animal welfare is not a new invention. Fortunately, laws about this have gotten better in most countries (sadly, not in all).
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