A Midsummer's Night Dream

09/25/1959

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1hr 16min

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Animation

,Fantasy

,Comedy

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Rudolf Pellar

    Directors

  • Jiří Trnka
  • Stanislav Látal
  • Břetislav Pojar
  • Vlasta Pospíšilová

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha

    Production Countries

  • Czechoslovakia

LANGUAGES

  • Czech