A Midsummer's Night Dream

Name: A Midsummer's Night Dream
Director: Jiří Trnka
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 1959
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Rudolf Pellar

7.1/10

1959

1h 16m

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

Director

Jiří Trnka

Status

Released

A Midsummer's Night Dream

Overview

Cast

Director

Status

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