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1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film
The Emperor's Nightingale
Directed byJiří Trnka
Miloš Makovec
Written byVítězslav Nezval
Hans Christian Andersen
Jiří Brdečka
Jiří Trnka
StarringHelena Patockova
Jaromir Sobotoa
Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna
CinematographyFerdinand Pecenka
Edited byHelena Lebdusková
Jiří Trnka
Music byVáclav Trojan
Release date
  • 15 April 1949 (1949-04-15)
Running time72 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

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.

Cast

  • Helena Patočková as the girl
  • Jaromír Sobota as the boy
  • Dětský pěvecký sbor Jana Kuhna as chorus
  • Boris Karloff - Narrator in English language version only

See also

References

  1. Stephen Jacobs, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster, Tomahawk Press 2011 p 353
  2. "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  3. Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.

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Films directed by Jiří Trnka
Golden Leopard winning films
1946–1975
1976–2000
2001–present
Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale" (1843)
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