The Emperor's Nightingale

The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

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Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!

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.

Date of release
1949-04-15
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Animation, Family, Fantasy
Director
Miloš Makovec, Jiří Trnka

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Nightingale
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Golden Leopard

The Emperor's Nightingale is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843 fairy tale "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in the 1951 American dubbed version. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

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