A Midsummer's Night Dream

1959·1h 16m·Animation·Fantasy·Comedy

A Midsummer's Night Dream

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Directed by Jiří Trnka

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Overview

The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

Cast

Rudolf Pellar

Rudolf Pellar

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director

Jiří Trnka

Director of Photography

Jiří Vojta

Music

Václav Trojan

Editor

Hana Walachová

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StatusReleasedRelease Date1959-09-25Runtime1h 16mLanguageCS

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