Animation ·Fantasy ·Comedy · Czechoslovakia · 1959 · 1h 16m

A Midsummer's Night Dream

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Director

Cast

Crew

Jiří Vojta — Director of Photography Hana Walachová — Editor Václav Trojan — Original Music Composer Josef Kainar — Screenplay Jiří Trnka — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

based on play or musical stop motion

Key Collaborators

Jiří Trnka Director Jiří Vojta Director of Photography Hana Walachová Editor Václav Trojan Original Music Composer Josef Kainar Screenplay Jiří Trnka Screenplay

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