The Emperor's Nightingale 1949

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The Emperor's Nightingale

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Animation Family Fantasy

Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.

Top Billed Cast

Helena Patočková

Girl

Jaromír Sobota

Boy

Boris Karloff

Narrator (English version)

Release Date 1949-04-15
Runtime 1h 12m
Directors Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec, Ludvík Hájek, Ferdinand Pečenka
Producer
Writers Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Trnka, Jiří Brdečka, Hans Christian Andersen