''The Emperor's Nightingale'' ( cs, Císařův slavík) is a 1949 Czechoslovak
stop-motion animated film directed by
Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka (; 24 February 1912 – 30 December 1969) was a Czechs, Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director.
In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is ...
and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843
fairy tale
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"
The Nightingale" by
Hans Christian Andersen
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Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...
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Boris Karloff
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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
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at the
Locarno International Film Festival
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.
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.
Cast
* 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
See also
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Boris Karloff filmography
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People
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List of Czech films
The list of Czech films is a list of films made in the Czech lands from 1898 to the present. After 1930 some were with Czech sound, and after 1947 some were in colour. The list is ordered by year of release.
1898–1919
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Jiří Trnka
Jiří Trnka (; 24 February 1912 – 30 December 1969) was a Czechs, Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director.
In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is ...
References
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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
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