The Emperor's Nightingale (1948)
- Original title
- Císařův slavík
- Directed by
- Miloš Makovec, Jiří Trnka
- Genre
- fantasy film, animated film, talk show, cinematic fairy tale, puppet film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A live-action boy dreams that his toys come to life. The toys tell the story of a Chinese emperor who befriends a nightingale.
whimsicaldreamlikegentlecharmingnostalgicfairy-taleplayful
What happens
The Emperor's Nightingale (Czech: Císařův slavík) is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843 fairy tale "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in the 1951 American dubbed version. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. In the film, a live-action boy dreams that his toys are real. The toys come to life in stop-motion animation, and tell the story of a Chinese emperor who makes friends with a nightingale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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