A Midsummer's Night Dream
1959
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.
Director:
Jirí Trnka
Writers:
Jirí Brdecka, Josef Kainar, Howard Sackler
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination total
Production:
N/A
Country:
Czechoslovakia
