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The Emperor's Nightingale

The Emperor's Nightingale

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19495.41h 12m

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.

Directed by Jiří Trnka
Written by Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Brdečka, Hans Christian Andersen
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Helena Patočková

Girl

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Jaromír Sobota

Boy

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Narrator (English version)

Themes & Keywords

stop motionbased on children's book

About The Emperor's Nightingale

The Emperor's Nightingale is a animation, family, fantasy film released in 1949 exploring themes of stop motion, based on children's book. Directed by Jiří Trnka, it stars Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff. 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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