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The Emperor's Nightingale
Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
Miloš MakovecDirector
Jiří TrnkaDirector
Jiří TrnkaScreenplay
Jiří BrdečkaScreenplay
Vítězslav NezvalScreenplay
Top Billed Cast
Boris Karloff
Narrator (English version)
