The Emperor's Nightingale

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.

• Václav TrojanOriginal Music Composer
• Jiří TrnkaDirector
• Miloš MakovecDirector
• Vítězslav NezvalScreenplay
• Jiří BrdečkaScreenplay
• Jiří TrnkaScreenplay

• Helena PatočkováGirl
• Jaromír SobotaBoy