The Emperor's Nightingale

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Fantasy
Animation
Family

Overview

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.

Keywords

based on children's book
stop motion

Details

Status: Released
Release date: April 15, 1949
Original language: Czech
Spoken languages: Czech
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Loutkový film Praha
Cast: Jaromír Sobota,Helena Patočková
Director: Miloš Makovec,Jiří Trnka
Writer: Vítězslav Nezval,Jiří Brdečka,Jiří Trnka,Hans Christian Andersen
Cinematography: Ludvík Hájek,Ferdinand Pečenka
Music: Václav Trojan
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0043410