The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

Name: The Emperor's Nightingale
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family
Released: 1949-04-15

1h 12m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 15, 1949

Original Name
Císařův slavík

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 12m

Genres
Animation Fantasy Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-04-12

This Movie Is About.

stop motion

based on children's book

Wiki.

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.

In the film, a live-action boy dreams that his toys are real. The toys come to life in stop-motion animation, and tell the story of a Chinese emperor who makes friends with a nightingale.