The Emperor's Nightingale

The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

Released: 1949-04-15 Duration: 1hr 12min
Rating 5.3
Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!

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.

Production Companies

Loutkový film Praha

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language cs
Popularity 2.541

Directed By

Miloš Makovec

Jiří Trnka

Crew

Art Designer
Jiří Trnka
Original Music Composer
Václav Trojan
Assistant Production Manager
Vladimír Janovský
Director
Miloš Makovec
Director
Jiří Trnka
Screenplay
Vítězslav Nezval
Conductor
Jan Kühn
Director of Photography
Ludvík Hájek
Screenplay
Jiří Brdečka
Editor
Jiří Trnka
Director of Photography
Ferdinand Pečenka
Screenplay
Jiří Trnka
Animation
Břetislav Pojar
Conductor
Otakar Pařík
Animation
Zdeněk Hrabě
Production Manager
Bohumír Buriánek
Animation
Stanislav Látal
Animation
Jan Karpaš

TOP CAST

Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff

Narrator (English version)

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