A Midsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer's Night Dream

A Midsummer's Night Dream

September 25, 1959 | 76 min

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.

Genres

Animation Fantasy Comedy

Cast

Naomi Scott

Rudolf Pellar

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