
Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!
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.
5.4
16 reviewsRuntime: 72 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1949-04-15
Director(s): Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec
Production: Loutkový film Praha
Languages: Czech
IMDB: tt0043410