The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
5.3|15 Apr, 1949|72 min
Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!
5.3|15 Apr, 1949|72 min
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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
stop motion
based on children's book
Casts
Helena Patočková
Girl
Jaromír Sobota
Boy
Boris Karloff
Narrator (English version)
Crews
Jiří Trnka
Art Designer
Václav Trojan
Original Music Composer
Vladimír Janovský
Assistant Production Manager
Miloš Makovec
Director
Jiří Trnka
Director
Vítězslav Nezval
Screenplay
Jan Kühn
Conductor
Ludvík Hájek
Director of Photography
Jiří Brdečka
Screenplay
Helena Lebdušková
Editor
Jiří Trnka
Editor
Ferdinand Pečenka
Director of Photography
Jiří Trnka
Screenplay
Josef Zavadil
Sound
Břetislav Pojar
Animation
Otakar Pařík
Conductor
Hans Christian Andersen
Short Story
Zdeněk Hrabě
Animation
Bohumír Buriánek
Production Manager
Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation
Stanislav Látal
Animation
Jan Karpaš
Animation
Backdrops & Posters
