A Midsummer's Night Dream
1959 · 1h 16m · N/A
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by
Jiří Trnka
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A Midsummer's Night Dream
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.
Director and cast
- Jiří Trnka Director
- Rudolf Pellar as Narrator (voice)
- Joss Ackland as Quince (voice)
- Ann Bell as Hermia (voice)
- Richard Burton as Narrator
- Tom Criddle as Lysander (voice)
- Laura Graham as Hippolyta (voice)
- Jack Gwillim as Oberon (voice)
- Barbara Jefford as Titania (voice)
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Helena (voice)
- Hugh Manning Cast
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