A Midsummer's Night Dream
7.1
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.
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Cast
8 people
Rudolf Pellar
Narrator (voice)
Known for
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Joan of Arc
Joss Ackland
Quince (voice)
Barbara Jefford
Titania (voice)
Known for
The Ninth Gate
Philomena
Ann Bell
Hermia (voice)
Tom Criddle
Lysander (voice)
Jack Gwillim
Oberon (voice)
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Jason and the Argonauts
Richard Burton
Narrator
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Helena (voice)
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
Frenzy
Jiří Trnka Director · Josef Kainar Screenplay William Shakespeare Author
United States release December 18, 1961 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Production KF Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu
Production
Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
Production
KF Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu
Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sen noci svatojánské
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
France · May 5, 1959
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
XC · September 25, 1959
Theatrical
United States · December 18, 1961
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Argentina
November 2, 1960 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 20, 2000 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100, together with Skutečnost Noci svatojánské
Denmark
December 12, 1977 · Theatrical
Germany
February 4, 2020 · Limited theatrical · limited - OmU
Italy
May 28, 1960 · Theatrical
Japan
July 16, 1979 · Theatrical
Russia
May 10, 1961 · Theatrical
Spain
June 14, 1971 · Theatrical · Madrid
United Kingdom
November 2, 1959 · Premiere · London Film Festival
XG
October 7, 1960 · Theatrical
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