A Midsummer's Night Dream

IMDb 7.1 1959 76 min AnimationFantasyComedy

Director

Jiří Trnka

Country

XC

Plot Summary

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)