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The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
Directed by Miloš Makovec, Jiří Trnka
“Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!”
Animation, Family, Fantasy · 1h 12m
Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Miloš Makovec, Jiří Trnka
- Screenplay
- Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Brdečka, Jiří Trnka
- Director of Photography
- Ludvík Hájek, Ferdinand Pečenka
- Original Music Composer
- Václav Trojan
- Editor
- Helena Lebdušková, Jiří Trnka
Details
- Original title
- Císařův slavík
- Release date
- 1949-04-15
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Loutkový film Praha