Summary
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.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
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At a glance
Running time
1 h 12 min
Shorter than most animated movies, −17 min on the typical 89
typical 8972Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries
+116
Released
1949
April 15, 1949
77 years ago
Genres
AnimationFamilyFantasyLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
Directing · 2
- Jiří Trnka Director, Screenplay, Editor, Art Designer
- Miloš Makovec Director
Writing · 3
- Vítězslav Nezval Screenplay
- Jiří Brdečka Screenplay
- Hans Christian Andersen Short Story
Production · 2
- Vladimír Janovský Assistant Production Manager
- Bohumír Buriánek Production Manager
Camera · 2
- Ferdinand Pečenka Director of Photography
- Ludvík Hájek Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Helena Lebdušková Editor
Sound · 4
- Václav Trojan Original Music Composer
- Josef Zavadil Sound
- Jan Kühn Conductor
- Otakar Pařík Conductor
Visual Effects · 5
- Stanislav Látal Animation
- Břetislav Pojar Animation
- Bohuslav Šrámek Animation
- Jan Karpaš Animation
- Zdeněk Hrabě Animation
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