Movie
A Midsummer's Night Dream
7.1/10
1959
1h 16m
cs
Animation
Fantasy
Comedy
Overview
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.
Director
Jiří Trnka
Writers
Jiří Trnka, Josef Kainar
Movie Information
Release Date
September 25, 1959
Runtime
1h 16m
Status
Released
Original Language
cs
Vote Count
18
Production
Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
