A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
1h 16m
Running Time
September 25, 1959Release Date
A Midsummer's Night 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 Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.
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Cast & Crew.
Rudolf Pellar
Narrator (voice)
Jiří Trnka
Director / Art Designer / Screenplay
Joss Ackland
Quince
Ann Bell
Hermia
Hana Walachová
Editor
Václav Trojan
Original Music Composer
Richard Burton
Narrator
Emanuel Formánek
Sound
Jaroslav Kulhánek
Sculptor
Jean Desailly
Récitant
Jiří Vojta
Director of Photography
Laura Graham
Hippolyta
Josef Vlček
Sound
Stanislav Látal
Animation
Jack Gwillim
Oberon
Břetislav Pojar
Animation
Barbara Jefford
Titania
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Helena
Jan Adam
Animation
Hugh Manning
Theseus
Vlasta Pospíšilová
Animation
Ladislav Fialka
Choreographer
Jiří Brdečka
Writer
Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation
Emil Poledník
Sound
Jiří Horčička
Sound Effects
Howard Sackler
Writer
Jan Karpaš
Animation
Josef Kainar
Screenplay
Jaroslav Možíš
Production Manager
Karel Ančerl
Conductor
Ludmila Kovářová
Choreographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 25, 1959
Original NameSen noci svatojánské
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 16m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
stop motion
based on play or musical
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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