France / May 05, 1959 / Cannes Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Genres
AnimationFantasyComedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sen noci svatojánské |
| Original language | Český (CS) |
| Spoken languages | Český |
| Production countries | Czechoslovakia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha |
| Release date | 25 settembre 1959 |
| Writer | Jiří Trnka, Josef Kainar, William Shakespeare |
| Editing | Hana Walachová |
| Cinematography | Jiří Vojta |
| Assistant directors | Jiří Trnka |
| Camera operators | Jiří Vojta |
| Additional photography | Jiří Vojta |
| Production design | Jiří Trnka, Jaroslav Kulhánek |
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| Art direction | Jiří Trnka, Jaroslav Kulhánek |
| Set decoration | Jiří Trnka, Jaroslav Kulhánek |
| Visual effects | Stanislav Látal, Břetislav Pojar, Jan Karpaš, Jan Adam, Vlasta Pospíšilová, Bohuslav Šrámek |
| Music | Václav Trojan, Emanuel Formánek, Josef Vlček, Emil Poledník, Jiří Horčička, Karel Ančerl, Markéta Kühnová |
| Sound | Václav Trojan, Emanuel Formánek, Josef Vlček, Emil Poledník, Jiří Horčička, Karel Ančerl, Markéta Kühnová |
Release dates
Premiere
United Kingdom / Nov 02, 1959 / London Film Festival
Limited release
Czechia / Jan 20, 2000 / U / Projekt 100, together with Skutečnost Noci svatojánské
Germany / Feb 04, 2020 / limited - OmU
Theatrical release
XC / Sep 25, 1959
Italy / May 28, 1960
XG / Oct 07, 1960
Argentina / Nov 02, 1960
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Russia / May 10, 1961
United States / Dec 18, 1961 / New York City, New York
Spain / Jun 14, 1971 / Madrid
Denmark / Dec 12, 1977
Japan / Jul 16, 1979
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