A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)

1959-09-25 Czechoslovakia 76 Min. PG-13
7.2 17 votes

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