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A Midsummer's Night Dream

1959-1h 16min
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7.1 / 10 18

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 Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

Directed by Jiří Trnka

Writers Jiří Trnka Josef Kainar William Shakespeare

Stars Rudolf Pellar

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Rudolf Pellar's picture in the cast

Rudolf Pellar

Narrator (voice)

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