The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
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.
Animation
Family
Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Boris Karloff
Narrator (English version)
Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec
Director
Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Brdečka, Jiří Trnka
Screenplay
