''The Emperor's Nightingale'' ( cs, Císařův slavík) is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843

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. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in the 1951 American dubbed version.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 353 The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. In the film, a live-action boy dreams that his toys are real. The toys come to life in stop-motion animation, and tell the story of a Chinese emperor who makes friends with a nightingale.

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* Helena Patočková as the girl * Jaromír Sobota as the boy * Dětský pěvecký sbor Jana Kuhna as chorus * Boris Karloff - Narrator in English language version only

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* 1949 animated films 1949 films Czechoslovak animated films 1940s Czech-language films Films based on works by Hans Christian Andersen Films directed by Jiří Trnka Golden Leopard winners Czech animated films Czech fantasy films Films with screenplays by Jiří Brdečka 1940s fantasy films Works based on The Nightingale (fairy tale) Films based on fairy tales {{1940s-animation-film-stub

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