Release Date | 1959-09-25 |
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Runtime | 76 minutes |
Genres | Animation, Fantasy, Comedy |
Stars | Rudolf Pellar |
Directors | Jiří Trnka, Hana Walachová, Jiří Vojta, Jaroslav Kulhánek, Emanuel Formánek |
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 Jirí Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.