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.
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
Stars: Rudolf Pellar
Crew: Jiří Trnka (Director), Hana Walachová (Editor), Václav Trojan (Original Music Composer), Jiří Trnka (Art Designer), Jiří Vojta (Director of Photography), Jaroslav Kulhánek (Sculptor)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Studio: Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
Runtime: 76 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 25, 1959
IMDb: 3.8
Keywords:based on play or musical, stop motion
