The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

15 Apr 1949 • Animation, Family, Fantasy • 0h 55m

A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches him to revolt against his glittering but shallow world.

Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec
Director

Vítezslav Nezval, Hans Christian Andersen, Jirí Brdecka
Writer

Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa, Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna
Starring

Language: Czech
Awards:
Country: Czechoslovakia
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6.7

IMDb (434 votes)