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A Midsummer's Night Dream

1959 · 76 min

Animation · Fantasy · Comedy

★ 7.2
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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.

Crew

  • Director Jiří Trnka
  • Screenplay Jiří Trnka
  • Screenplay Josef Kainar
  • Director of Photography Jiří Vojta

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