Feature film — 1959
A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
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.
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Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
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Director: Jiří Trnka
On screen
Cast & crew
Rudolf Pellar
Narrator (voice)
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