The Emperor's Nightingale

Based On the book by Hans Christian Andersen

The Emperor's Nightingale (Czech: Císařův slavík) is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843 fairy tale "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in the 1951 American dubbed version. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

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Release date:

1948

Director:

Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec

Genre:

Fantasy, Cinematic fairy tale, Animated, Puppet, Talk show

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Year page:

1948 in adaptations