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  • The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
  • 72 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
72 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches him to revolt against his glittering but shallow ...See moreA Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches him to revolt against his glittering but shallow world. Written by . See less
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Directors
Jirí Trnka | Milos Makovec (live action)
Writers
Vítezslav Nezval (collaborator on screenplay) | Hans Christian Andersen (story: "Nightingale") | Jirí Brdecka | Jean Cocteau (french adaptation) & 2 more
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Updated Apr 15, 1949

Release date
May 12, 1951 (United States)

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4 cast members
Name Known for
Helena Patockova
The Girl The Girl   See fewer
Jaromir Sobotoa
The Boy The Boy   See fewer
Boris Karloff
Narrator (English version) (voice) (version: English) Narrator (English version) (voice) (version: English)   See fewer
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