A Midsummer's Night Dream

19591h 16mNo ratings yet

Fantasy
Comedy
Animation

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.

Keywords

period drama
stop motion
based on play or musical
3d animation
medieval times
costume drama
european animation
stop motion animation
czech animation
czech fantasy
european fantasy
medieval europe

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 25, 1959
Original language: Czech
Spoken languages: Czech
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
Cast: Rudolf Pellar
Director: Jiří Trnka
Writer: Jiří Trnka,Josef Kainar,William Shakespeare
Cinematography: Jiří Vojta
Music: Václav Trojan
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0053261