A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)

7.2/10 76 min Animation Fantasy Comedy

Overview

The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. 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.

Cast

Rudolf Pellar

Narrator (voice)

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