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02/09/1950 Documentary 0h 9m
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Overview

Grandad of Races is a 1950 American short documentary film about the Palio di Siena held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, directed by André de la Varre. It won an Oscar at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 for Best Short Subject.

  1. André de la Varre

    Director

  2. Charles L. Tedford

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Art Gilmore

    Narrator

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-30
Evolving from a festival that featured gladiators and ox-racing, this short feature showcases the horse racing on Siena’s Piazza del Campo. With some forty thousand folks assembled on it’s square from each of this city’s competing districts, there are qualifying races with bareback riders mounted on horses specially trained for the occasion before the carnival atmosphere reaches it’s tumultuous and colourful conclusion and a final race to attain the coveted victory banner. It’s standard newsreel type coverage, but it does manage to capture some of the excitement of this event as some...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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