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Boris Karloff,
Jaromir Sobota,
Helena Patockova
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Jirí Trnka
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: Not Rated
: Rembrandt Films
: Classics, Foreign, Classic Sci-Fi, Czech, Animation, Stop-Motion, Classic Sci Fi/Fantasy, Fantasy, Classic Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Myths
: 156 min.
: English
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This title is currently out of print.
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The Emperor's Nightingale relates the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale through utilization of stop-motion puppet animation. The film was produced by the Prague-based "Trick Brothers" studio, owned and operated by Jiri Trnka. The story, adapted by Trnka and Jiri Brdecka, is the traditional one of the emperor who so loved the song of the nightingale that he purchased an artificial singing bird--thereby breaking the nightingale's heart. Actors Jaromir Sobota and Helena Patockova are the only non-puppet performers. When the film was prepared for US release, the distributor (Rembrandt Films) secured the services of Boris Karloff to narrate the story, using a new English narrative written by Phyllis McGinley. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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by mwebster
February 6, 2004 - 8:22 PM PST
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6 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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very beautiful - check out the drunk-driving PSA "a drop too much." The classification here is not great - hese films are not the greatest for kids (they're slow) - nor are they really comedy - "The Hand" is a pretty heavy existentialist number although I suppose they are Czech...
Anyway the man is a real artist and has an interesting project. Czech it out. (sorry) |
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