ProductionKrátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
1959
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
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.