A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)

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 Jirí Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.

Release Date : Sep 25, 1959

Runtime : 1h 16m

Genre : Animation  Fantasy  Comedy  

Companies : Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha

Countries : Czechoslovakia

Keywords : based on play or musical, stop motion