

A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
Overview : The first puppet kinescope in the world. 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.
Release Date : September 25, 1959
Runtime : 76m
Genre : Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
Companies : Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
Countries : Czechoslovakia
Keywords : based on play or musical, stop motion