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The Emperor's Nightingale

Name: The Emperor's Nightingale
Director: Jiří Trnka
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1949-04-15
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 5.375
Cast: Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff

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Release Date: April 15, 1949

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy

Duration: 1h 12m

Rating: ⭐ 5.4/10

Director: Jiří Trnka

Cast: Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff

Storyline

Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.