Film
The Emperor's Nightingale
XC- Director
- Jiří Trnka
- Year
- 1949
Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!
Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
Top cast
Directed by
Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec
Written by
Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Brdečka, Jiří Trnka
