The Nightingale (1980)

Original title

Соловей

Directed by

Nadezhda Kosheverova

Genre

musical film, cinematic fairy tale, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A naive emperor is tricked by swindlers into believing in invisible clothes while a nightingale's song challenges his court. The film mixes two Hans Christian Andersen tales about vanity and the simple power of nature.

whimsicalfairy-talegentlemusicalplayfulsatiricalold-fashionedlighthearted

What happens

The Nightingale (Russian: Соловей) is a 1979 Soviet family film directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova. It is based on two stories by Hans Christian Andersen, "The Nightingale" and "The Emperor's New Clothes". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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