The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)

Director: Jiří Trnka

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.

Cast

Helena Patočková

Girl

Jaromír Sobota

Boy

Boris Karloff

Narrator (English version)