| The Horse Thief | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 盜馬賊 |
| Simplified Chinese | 盗马贼 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dào mǎ zéi |
| Directed by | Tian Zhuangzhuang |
| Written by | Zhang Rui |
| Produced by | Wu Tianming |
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| Cinematography | Hou Yong Zhao Fei |
| Edited by | Jingzhong Li |
| Music by | Qu Xiaosong |
Production company | Xi'an Film Studio |
| Distributed by | International Film Circuit Les Films de l'Atalante |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Languages | Mandarin Tibetan |
The Horse Thief is a 1986 Chinese film by director Tian Zhuangzhuang. It follows one of Tian's favorite topics, Chinese minorities, a topic he touched upon in 1984's On the Hunting Ground and would return to in 2004's documentary, Delamu. Like these other films, The Horse Thief shows Tian's fascination with China's ethnic minorities, and in particular the Buddhist ceremonies that these peoples practice.
The Horse Thief was produced by the Xi'an Film Studio.