Steven Spielberg dirigeix una pel·lícula d'aventures ambientada a la Primera Guerra Mundial que segueix l'amistat entre un noi anomenat Albert (Jeremy Irvine) i el seu cavall, en Joey. Quan el conflicte bèl·lic els separi, en Joey es convertirà en l'inspiració d'homes de diferents bàndols: cavallers britànics, soldats alemanys i, fins i tot, camperols francesos. Però en Joey mai oblidarà tot allò que l'Albert va fer per ell i sempre tindrà en ment l'esperança de retrobar-se amb el seu amo... tot i les tenebroses zones de guerra que haurà de travessar.
Novel·la original: Michael Morpurgo
Producció executiva: Revel Guest, Frank Marshall
Producció: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Coproducció: Tracey Seaward, Adam Somner
Música: John Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra
Fotografia: Janusz Kaminski
Muntatge: Michael Kahn
Càsting: Jina Jay
Disseny de producció: Rick Carter
Direcció artística: Andrew Ackland-Snow, Alastair Bullock, Molly Hughes, Kevin Jenkins, Neil Lamont, Gary Tomkins
Vestuari: Joanna Johnston
Maquillatge: Jessica Alexander, Anita Anderson, Ali Bannister, Michele Barber, Philippa Selina Blake, Paul Boyce, Sophia Burnage, Lois Burwell, Chamia Choudhury, Louise Coles, Lauren Katie Cox, Catherine Davies, Audrey Doyle, Polly Earnshaw, Amy Elliot, Vicky Fields, Richard Glass, John Henry Gordon, Jennifer Harty, Jennifer Hegarty, Catherine Heys, Pauline Heys, Joe Hopker, Suzanne Jansen, Sophia Knight, Gemma Low, Heather Manson, Sarah Jane Marks, Claire Matthews, Nicola Matthews, Chloe Muton-Phillips, Fran Needham, Lisa Newson, Sharon Nicholas, Sarah Nuth, Susan Parkinson, Lisa Pemberton, Adrian Rigby, Luca Saccuman, Jessica Seen, Rupert Simon, Sophie Slotover, Nicola Springall, Nadia Stacey, Malwina Suwinska, Luca Vannella, Carla Vicenzino
Departament artístic: Ben Barrington-Groves, Louise Begbie, Valentina Borfecchia, Joel Chang, Richard Cheal, James Collins, Kelvin Cook, Rachel Cutler, Gary Dawson, Carmen Ruiz de Huidobro, Lynne Divers, Jack Dudman, James Enright, Peter Fentem, Laurent Ferrie, Lydia Fry, Dean Hawley, Paul J. Hayes, Justin Hayzelden, Jodie Jackman, Philip Keller, Graham Kelly, John Kirsop, Ashley Lamont, Chris Lunney, Sarah Marshall, Christopher James Miller, Steven Morris, Warren Parkinson, Steve Patterson, Amanda Pettett, Julie Pitt, Clare Porritt, Mark Reynolds, Oliver Roberts, Jack Salkeld, Elicia Scales, Adam Shepherdly, Graham Shepherdly, Josh Sheppard, Christian Short, George Simons, Alex Smith, Hattie Storey, Ed Symon, Kate Venner, Matt Walker, Paul Wescott
So: Orin Beaton, Lisa Chino, Brian Chumney, Kyrsten Mate Comoglio, Colette Dahanne, Giancarlo Dellapina, Luke Dunn Gielmuda, Teresa Eckton, Sean England, Thomas Fennell, Tim Gomillion, Nia Hansen, Richard Hymns, Tom Johnson, Christian Joyce, Mitch Low, Alan MacFeely, Zach Martin, Jeremy Molod, Cheryl Nardi, Andy Nelson, Timothy Nielsen, Jonathan Null, Richard Quinn, Matthew E. Taylor, Stuart Wilson, Doug Winningham
Efectes especials: Sophie Allen, Caimin Bourne, Ben Broadbridge, Julian Butterfield, Chris Clarke, Neil Corbould, Keith Dawson, Michael Dawson, Justyna Dobrowolska, Manex Efrem, Stuart Frossell, Andy Garner, Garth Gutteridge, Oliver Guy-Watkins, Peter Hawkins, David Johns, Anna Krawczyk, Sarah Mathieson, Jessica Moore, Ian Morse, Craig Narramore, Steve Painter, Ken Petrie, Graham Povey, Lee Rider, Darren Robinson, Cliff Wallace, Steven Warner, Alan Young
Efectes visuals: Jan Adamczyk, Ben Aickin, Lorenzo Angeli, Oliver Armstrong, David Aulds, Adam Azmy, Michael Baker, Lizi Bedford, Luca Bellano, Zachary Bloom, Michael Borhi, Scott Bourne, Pete Capelluto, Manjoe Chan, Chris Cooper, Amy Davis, Luke Drummond, Oliver Fergusson-Taylor, Matt Fox, Rob Garner, Sarah Gatefield, Mauro Giacomazzo, Matthieu Goutte, Theodor Groeneboom, Ben Guthrie, Charlie Habanananda, Steven Hall, Karsten Hecker, Frederic Heymans, Martin Hjalmarsson, Victoria Hodson, Jason Horley, Julian Hutchens, Paul Ingram, Mikael Jaeger Jensen, Julien Guillaume, Nick King, Nicha Kumkeaw, Dean Lewandowski, Mark Millena, Ben Morris, Victoria Mowlam, Mark Osborne, Sam Osborne, Guo Kun Pan, James Parsons, Steve Parsons, Radhika Patel, Manuel Perez Galindo, Felix Pomeranz, Diego Prilusky, Howard Protheroe, Maickel Quinet, Sirio Quintavalle, Sagar Rathod, Marc Rice, Philip J. Robinson, Sam Salek, Aatesh Shah, Penn Stevens, Mirek Suchomel, Alexander Swann, Matthew Tinsley, Jonathan Turner, Joshua Wassung, Glenn Wells, Rachel Williams, Graham Wood, Sammy Wu, Felipe Bohórquez, Lucy Drewett, Martin Stegmayer
Animació: Laurent Benhamo, Stuart M. Ellis
Càsting: Brendan Donnison, Alex Duxbury, Kelly Valentine Hendry, Hervé Jakubowicz, Katy Lake, Nick McGinley
Vestuari: Stella Atkinson, Russell Barnett, Sue Casey, David Crossman, Anthony Drewett, Andrew Fletcher, Nicola Foy, Steve Gell, Perry Goyen, Esther St. John Gray, Brendan Handscombe, Kate Suzanne Hunter, Ian Jones, Emma Lloyd, Harriet Lyons, Calandra Meredith, Neil Murphy, Gemma Rasmussen, Charlie Salmon, Sara Sensoy, Joan Staley, Rupert Steggle, Will Steggle, Amanda Trewin, Nathalie Karni, Marion Weise, Sheena Wichary
Departament editorial: Martin Bernfeld, Simon Davis, Élodie Ichter, Yvan Lucas, Jeremy Luena, Devin C. Lussier, Catherine Williams
Departament musical: Ramiro Belgardt, Mark Graham, Edward Karam, Shawn Murphy, Peter Rotter, Steven L. Smith, John Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra, Robert Wolff
Departament de transports: Darren Beaven, Martin Birmingham, Malcolm Cooper, Alan Emanuel, Gordon Farmer, Holly Gray, Graham Kelly, Rob MacKnight, Colin Morris, Terry Pritchard, Piotr Walczak, Bill Walker