Release Date | 1949-04-15 |
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Runtime | 72 minutes |
Genres | Animation, Family, Fantasy |
Stars | Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff |
Directors | Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec, Bohuslav Šrámek, Jiří Trnka |
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.