A Midsummer Night's Dream (1961)

  • NR
  • 12/18/1961 (US)
  • Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
  • 1h 16m

Overview

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 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.

Jiří Trnka

Director, Screenplay

Josef Kainar

Screenplay

Cast

Rudolf Pellar's headshot

Rudolf Pellar

Narrator (voice)

Recommendations