Movie·1959·1h 16m

A Midsummer's Night Dream

Country

Czechoslovakia

Language

Czech

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The Story

Original title: Sen noci svatojánské

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.

Written By

Josef Kainar

Cinematography

Jiří Vojta

Music

Václav Trojan

Editor

Hana Walachová

Themes

based on play or musicalstop motionperiod dramacostume dramaeuropean animation3d animationmedieval timesstop motion animationczech animationczech fantasyeuropean fantasymedieval europe

Production House

Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha