Following its astonishing stage success, Steven Spielberg now adapts Michael Morpurgo’s heartbreaking account of the cost of war. Albert (newcomer Jeremy Irvine) is separated from his beloved horse Joey at the outset of the First World War. Determined to find him, he sets out on an adventure that will take him across the battlefields of Europe. It is a moving tale of the need for humanity, even in the darkest days of war.