
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.
Crew

Jiří Trnka
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Art Designer
Miloš Makovec
Director
Vítězslav Nezval
Screenplay

Jiří Brdečka
Screenplay

Hans Christian Andersen
Short Story
Helena Lebdušková
Editor
Ludvík Hájek
Director of Photography
Ferdinand Pečenka
Director of Photography
Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation

Břetislav Pojar
Animation

Stanislav Látal
Animation
Jan Karpaš
Animation
Zdeněk Hrabě
Animation
Josef Zavadil
Sound
Václav Trojan
Original Music Composer
Bohumír Buriánek
Production Manager
Vladimír Janovský
Assistant Production Manager
Otakar Pařík
Conductor
Jan Kühn
Conductor
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