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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Original title: Sen noci svatojánské
  • 1959
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
430
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
AnimationComedyFantasy

The first puppet kinescope in the world. 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 po... Read allThe first puppet kinescope in the world. 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 ... Read allThe first puppet kinescope in the world. 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 Jirí Trnka's work and a miles... Read all

  • Director
    • Jirí Trnka
  • Writers
    • Jirí Brdecka
    • Josef Kainar
    • Howard Sackler
  • Stars
    • Joss Ackland
    • Ann Bell
    • Richard Burton
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    430
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jirí Trnka
    • Writers
      • Jirí Brdecka
      • Josef Kainar
      • Howard Sackler
    • Stars
      • Joss Ackland
      • Ann Bell
      • Richard Burton
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Joss Ackland
    Joss Ackland
    • Quince
    • (voice)
    Ann Bell
    Ann Bell
    • Hermia
    • (voice)
    Richard Burton
    Richard Burton
    • Narrator
    Tom Criddle
    • Lysander
    • (voice)
    Jean Desailly
    Jean Desailly
    • Récitant
    • (voice)
    • …
    Laura Graham
    • Hippolyta
    • (voice)
    Jack Gwillim
    Jack Gwillim
    • Oberon
    • (voice)
    Barbara Jefford
    Barbara Jefford
    • Titania
    • (voice)
    Barbara Leigh-Hunt
    Barbara Leigh-Hunt
    • Helena
    • (voice)
    Hugh Manning
    Hugh Manning
    • Theseus
    • (voice)
    Alec McCowen
    Alec McCowen
    • Bottom
    • (voice)
    Michael Meacham
    • Demetrius
    • (voice)
    Stephen Moore
    Stephen Moore
    • Flute
    • (voice)
    Rudolf Pellar
    Rudolf Pellar
    • Narrator (original Czech version)
    • (as R. Pellar)
    Roger Shepherd
    • Puck
    • (voice)
    John Warner
    • Egeus
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Jirí Trnka
    • Writers
      • Jirí Brdecka
      • Josef Kainar
      • Howard Sackler
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    A Stop-Motion Masterpiece
    In my opinion Czech puppet animator JIRI TRNKA outdid himself when he created this version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream".This film's aesthetic beauty is only superceded by it's technical excellence for clearly TRNKA had moved away from his earlier techniques and developed a new one.

    In his film "The Emperor's Nightingale" the puppets were silent, as actors were silent in the days before talkies. But in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the puppet's were silent in the way that actors in mime, or ballet dancers are silent.

    There was also a basic difference in expression: In the first film the movement was symbolic,in the second, the action was expressed through the language of mime.

    All in all... a triumph of stop-motion cinema.

    Steve Weber The Laughing Egg Studio
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    • Apr 6, 2000

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1959 (Czechoslovakia)
    • Country of origin
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Language
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • Sen noci svatojánské
    • Production company
      • Studio Kresleného a Loutkového Filmu
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 16 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • 4-Track Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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