A Midsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer's Night Dream

7.1(18 votes)
1959
1h 16m
Animation
Fantasy
Comedy

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.

Production

Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha

Cast

Rudolf Pellar

Rudolf Pellar

Narrator (voice)

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