A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)

25 Sep 1959 • Animation, Comedy, Fantasy • 1h 16m
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The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jirí Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

Jirí Trnka
Director
Jirí Brdecka, Josef Kainar, Howard Sackler
Writer
Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton
Starring

Language: Czech
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Country: Czechoslovakia
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7.2

IMDb (476 votes)
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