A Midsummer's Night Dream
MovieTitle | Sen noci svatojánské |
User score | 7.1 |
Release date | Sep 25, 1959 |
Genre | Animation, Fantasy, Comedy |
Director | Jiří Trnka |
Production country | Czechoslovakia |
Production companies | Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha |
Run time | 76 min. |
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.