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    The Emperor's Nightingale

    Movie

    Poster of the movie The Emperor's Nightingale
    1949     Animation    
    1h 12min
    Original titleCisaruv slavík
    Original lang.Czech
    CountryCzech Republic

    The Emperor's Nightingale opens with a live-action prologue set in the playroom of a lonely young boy; the room and its contents are then transformed into the setting for an animated version of Andersen's tale, about a Chinese emperor who is so constrained by rules, customs and the constant attentions of his sycophantic courtiers that he is finally unable to discern between the beautiful song of his beloved nightingale and the robotic squawkings of the bird's mechanical double.

    Directed byJirí Trnka, Milos Makovec
    Written byVítezslav Nezval
    CompanyRembrandt FilmsRembrandt FilmsRembrandt Films

    Featuring the voices of

    Boris Karloff
    Helena Patockova
    Jaromir Sobotoa

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