The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.

Released

1949-04-15

Genres

Animation, Family, Fantasy

Runtime

72 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jiří Trnka, Vítězslav Nezval, Miloš Makovec, Jiří Brdečka

TMDB rating

5.6/10 from 17 votes