The Emperor's Nightingale
1949 · Movie · 72 min. · Czechoslovakia
A Chinese emperor, because of a beautiful toy-nightingale, forgets about the song of a real live nightingale that comforted him in his solitude.
Direction Jirí Trnka · Milos Makovec
Soundtrack Václav Trojan
Screenplay Vitezslav Nezval · Jirí Brdecka · Jirí Trnka · Hans Christian Andersen
Cinematography Ferdinand Pecenka
Original title Cisaruv slavík
Also known as The Emperor's Nightingale
6.8
79 votes (FilmAffinity)
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