The Emperor's Nightingale

Name: The Emperor's Nightingale
Rating: 5.4

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

Not Rated Animation Family Fantasy

Starring: Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff

Writer: Vítězslav Nezval, Hans Christian Andersen, Jiří Brdečka, Jiří Trnka

Release Date:
April 15, 1949

Ratings:
5.4 / 10

Director:
Jiří Trnka & Miloš Makovec

Companies:
Loutkový film Praha

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.

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