A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer's Night Dream

7.1/101h 16m1959
A Midsummer's Night Dream

Overview

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.

Genres

AnimationFantasyComedy

Production Companies

Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha

Additional Information

Original Title:Sen noci svatojánské
Original Language:Czech
Status:Released

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