A Midsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)

PG-139/25/1959Animation, Fantasy, Comedy1h 16m
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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.

Jiří Trnka

Director

Václav Trojan

Composer