The Emperor's Nightingale (1951)

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Audience Score
53
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NR 1 hr 12 minMay 12th, 1951Animation, Fantasy, Family
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.
StarringHelena PatočkováJaromír SobotaBoris Karloff
DirectorsJiří TrnkaMiloš Makovec

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 12th, 1951
Original Language:Czech
Production Companies:Loutkový film Praha
Movie Tags:
stop motionbased on children's book