A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)

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.

Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Comedy

Stars: Rudolf Pellar

Release Date: 1959-09-25

Country: Czechoslovakia

Ratings: 7.1 / 10 (18 votes)

Runtime: 76 mins