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 2.441

Directed By

Jiří Trnka

Miloš Makovec

Crew

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

TOP CAST

Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff

Narrator (English version)

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