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)

1:12 (72 min)

Animation, Family, Fantasy

Czechoslovakia

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Production

Loutkový film Praha

Release date

15 April 1949

Director

Jiří Trnka

Scenario

Vítězslav Nezval

Composer

Václav Trojan

All team (19)

Actors

Helena Patočková

Girl

Jaromír Sobota

Boy

Boris Karloff

Narrator (English version)

All actors and roles (3)

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.