The Emperor's Nightingale

Name: The Emperor's Nightingale
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1949-04-15
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff

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

Císařův slavík (1949)

Timing: 1:12 (72 min)

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Release date

1949-04-15

Country

Czechoslovakia

Production

Loutkový film Praha

Genre

Animation, Family, Fantasy

Budget

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Director

Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec

Actors

Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff
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Scenario

Producer

Camera operator

Ferdinand Pečenka

Composer

Václav Trojan

Artist

Zdeněk Hrabě, Jan Karpaš, Stanislav Látal

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Editing

Jiří Trnka, Helena Lebdušková
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Short description

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.