The Emperor's Nightingale 1949
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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.
- Released: 1949-04-15
- Runtime: 72 minutes
- Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Stars: Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff
- Director: Jiří Trnka, Václav Trojan, Vladimír Janovský, Jiří Trnka, Vítězslav Nezval
