A Midsummer's Night Dream
1959
Animation
Fantasy
Comedy
Overview
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.
Cast
Rudolf Pellar
Narrator (voice)
Directors
Jiří Trnka
