A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)

• Animation
• Fantasy
• Comedy

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.

Rating

7.2 / 10 (20 votes)

Release date

September 25, 1959

Runtime

1h 16m

Language

CS

Director

Jiří Trnka

Status

Released