The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
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Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
- Release Date: 1949-04-15
- Runtime: 1h 12min
- Production Company: Loutkový film Praha
- Production Country: Czechoslovakia
- Directors: Jiří Trnka, Miloš Makovec.
- Writers: Vítězslav Nezval, Jiří Brdečka, Jiří Trnka.
