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

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