A Midsummer's Night Dream

Name: A Midsummer's Night Dream
Director: Jiří Trnka
Released: 1959-09-25
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Rudolf Pellar

7.1

September 25, 1959

1h 16m

Animation Fantasy Comedy

Overview

The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. 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.