The Emperor's Nightingale

Name: The Emperor's Nightingale
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1949-04-15
Duration: 72 min

1h 12m·Animation, Family, Fantasy

Directed by Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec·1949

Rate

5.6/10 avg

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.

DirectorJiří TrnkaDirectorMiloš MakovecCinematographyFerdinand PečenkaScreenplayVítězslav NezvalStudioLoutkový film Praha

Actor	Role
HHelena PatočkováGirl	Girl
JJaromír SobotaBoy	Boy