The Emperor's Nightingale
Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!
5.6(17) 1949-04-15 72 minAnimationFamilyFantasy
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.
Original Music ComposerVáclav Trojan
DirectorJiří Trnka
DirectorMiloš Makovec
ScreenplayVítězslav Nezval
ScreenplayJiří Brdečka
ScreenplayJiří Trnka
AnimationBohuslav Šrámek
AnimationBřetislav Pojar
