A Midsummer's Night Dream

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

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