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7.4
/10
45 Ratings

THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE

Cisaruv slavík

Directed by Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec
Czechoslovakia, 1949
Animation, Fantasy, Family
  • 7272 minutes

Synopsis

One of Trnka’s full-length pictures, it is based upon Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tale. It is a story of a Chinese emperor that, because of a beautiful toy-nightingale, forgets about the song of a real, live nightingale that comforted him in his solitude.

Synopsis

One of Trnka’s full-length pictures, it is based upon Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy-tale. It is a story of a Chinese emperor that, because of a beautiful toy-nightingale, forgets about the song of a real, live nightingale that comforted him in his solitude.