A Midsummer's Night Dream
Sen noci svatojánské1959
- Jiří Trnka
- 1h 16m
- September 25, 1959 · Czechoslovakia
Overview
The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 25, 1959
- Original language
- Czech
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Cast
- Rudolf Pellar,Joss Ackland,Ann Bell,Richard Burton,Tom Criddle,Laura Graham,Jack Gwillim,Barbara Jefford,Barbara Leigh-Hunt,Hugh Manningand 5 more
- Director
- Jiří Trnka
- Cinematography
- Jiří Vojta
- Music
- Václav Trojan
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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