The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
1949 · Animation · 72 min · dir. Miloš Makovec
Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!
- Animation
- Family
- Fantasy
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Miloš Makovec
- Writer
- Vítězslav Nezval
- Composer
- Václav Trojan
- Cinematography
- Ferdinand Pečenka
- Studio
- Loutkový film Praha
- Released
- 1949-04-15
- Original title
- Císařův slavík
- Running time
- 72 minutes
- Language
- Czech
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Emperor's Nightingale
- Boris Karloff
Cast & crew
- Miloš Makovec Director
- Helena Patočková
- Jaromír Sobota