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

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogue (literature), travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fai ...

Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), known professionally as Boris Karloff () and occasionally billed as Karloff the Uncanny, was a British actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstei ...

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 The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to b ...

at the

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narr ...

. 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 Animated films based on works by Hans Christian Andersen Films directed by Jiří Trnka Golden Leopard winners Czech animated fantasy films Films with screenplays by Jiří Brdečka 1940s fantasy films Works based on The Nightingale (fairy tale) Animated films about birds Animated films about kings Films scored by Václav Trojan {{1940s-animation-film-stub

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