A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
1h 16m
Running Time
September 25, 1959Release Date
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
1h 16m
Running Time
September 25, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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 Jirí Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Rudolf Pellar
Narrator (voice)
Jiří Trnka
Director / Screenplay / Art Designer
Joss Ackland
Quince
Hana Walachová
Editor
Ann Bell
Hermia
Richard Burton
Narrator
Vlasta Pospíšilová
Animation
Ladislav Fialka
Choreographer
Jan Karpaš
Animation
Jean Desailly
Récitant
Jan Adam
Animation
Jaroslav Kulhánek
Sculptor
Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation
Jack Gwillim
Oberon
Barbara Jefford
Titania
Jiří Horčička
Sound Effects
Emil Poledník
Sound
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Helena
Hugh Manning
Theseus
Emanuel Formánek
Sound
Stanislav Látal
Animation
Jiří Brdečka
Writer
Jiří Vojta
Director of Photography
Josef Vlček
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 25, 1959
Original NameSen noci svatojánské
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 16m
Genres
Wiki.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Czech: Sen noci svatojánské) is a 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka, his last feature length film before his death 10 years later in 1969. It is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name.
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