poster

A Midsummer's Night Dream

Animation | Fantasy

7.1

Release Date

September 25, 1959

Duration

76 min

Status

Released

Language

cs

Overview

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 Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

Casts

Rudolf Pellar

Narrator (voice)

Rudolf Pellar

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