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A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)

★ 7.1/10 76 min Animation, Fantasy, Comedy Czechoslovakia Czech
Director: Jiří Trnka
Screenplay by: Josef Kainar, Jiří Trnka
Theatre Play: William Shakespeare
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Rudolf Pellar
Rudolf Pellar Narrator (voice)

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