A Midsummer Night's Dream 1959

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Animation Fantasy Comedy

The first puppet kinescope in the world. 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 Jirí Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

Release Date 1959-09-25
Runtime 1h 16m
Directors Jiří Trnka, Jiří Vojta
Producer
Writers William Shakespeare, Josef Kainar, Jiří Trnka