The Emperor's Nightingale

5.3 / 10

(15 votes)

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.

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Genre:

Animation,

Family,

Fantasy

Duration:

72 minutes

Year:

1949

Director:

Jiří Trnka

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Company:

Loutkový film Praha

Cast:
Helena Patočková

Girl

Jaromír Sobota

Boy

Boris Karloff

Narrator (English version)

Crew:
Václav Trojan

Original Music Composer

Jiří Trnka

Art Designer

Vladimír Janovský

Assistant Production Manager

Jiří Trnka

Director

Miloš Makovec

Director