The Nightingale (1981)

Directed by

Christine Edzard

Genre

animation, drama, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

34 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A little kitchen girl at the Emperor of China's palace hears the song of a nightingale. The film uses puppets to tell this Hans Christian Andersen story.

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What happens

The Nightingale is a 1981 film directed by Christine Edzard and produced by Richard B. Goodwin at Sands Films Studios in London. The film features Richard Goolden, Mandy Carlin and John Dalby. The music by Beethoven was arranged by Michael Sanvoisin and cinematography was by Christopher Challis. The film uses puppets to tell Hans Christian Andersen's tale about the song of a nightingale heard by the little kitchen girl at the Emperor of China's palace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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