The Emperor's Nightingale

The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

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  • Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1949-04-15
  • User Rating: 5.3/10 from 13 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 12min
  • Language: Český
  • Production Company: Loutkový film Praha
  • Production Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Directors: Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec.
star 5.3/10
From 13 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Helena Patočková

    as Girl
  • Jaromír Sobota

    as Boy
  • Boris Karloff

    as Narrator (English version)
Art Jiří Trnka Art Designer
Sound Václav Trojan Original Music Composer
Production Vladimír Janovský Assistant Production Manager
Directing Jiří Trnka Director
Writing Vítězslav Nezval Screenplay
Directing Miloš Makovec Director
Camera Ferdinand Pečenka Director of Photography
Visual Effects Zdeněk Hrabě Animation
Writing Jiří Brdečka Screenplay
Camera Ludvík Hájek Director of Photography
Editing Jiří Trnka Editor
Sound Josef Zavadil Sound
Visual Effects Jan Karpaš Animation
Sound Jan Kühn Conductor
Writing Hans Christian Andersen Short Story
Visual Effects Stanislav Látal Animation
Visual Effects Břetislav Pojar Animation
Production Bohumír Buriánek Production Manager
Visual Effects Bohuslav Šrámek Animation
Editing Helena Lebdušková Editor
Writing Jiří Trnka Screenplay
Sound Otakar Pařík Conductor

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