The Emperor's Nightingale

Name: The Emperor's Nightingale
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 15 Apr 1949
Rating: 5.38
Cast: Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff

Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color! 1949-04-15 Czechoslovakia 72 minutes.

5.38 16 votes

Animation Family Fantasy stop motion based on children's book

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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.

Year 1949

Studio Loutkový film Praha

Director Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec

Crew Václav Trojan (Original Music Composer), Jiří Trnka (Art Designer), Vladimír Janovský (Assistant Production Manager), Jiří Trnka (Director), Miloš Makovec (Director), Vítězslav Nezval (Screenplay)

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Language Český