The Emperor's Nightingale

The Emperor's Nightingale

1h 12m 1949 Animation, Family, Fantasy Czechoslovakia
Budget: - Revenue: -

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.

Director

Miloš Makovec

Writer

Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Brdečka, Jiří Trnka