Movie Review for Horseman on the Roof, The

Summary: The time is 1832 and a cholera epidemic is sweeping Provence. Angelo, a handsome, angel-faced officer gallops untiringly through the dying towns and villages. He takes the time to help until his own strength gives out. Inscrutable and calm, Angelo also takes the time to silently love Pauline de Theus, an enigmatic young woman who joins him in his trek while she searches for her missing husband. Together they face an unrelenting epidemic that, like war, reveals both the misery and the greatness of mankind: fear, panic, denunciation, treason, hatred, anger, devotion, courage and self-sacrifice.

                         Reviews of Horseman on the Roof, The
By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. of Goatdog's Movies (7/0)
            Like the Pre-Raphaelite art it evokes, it's pretty to look at, but there's not much there.

By Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (3/4) No reference
            All the lusty romantic longings and adventurous thrills led nowhere, leaving me with an empty ...

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