Other Studios: K: Krátký Film Praha: Sen Noci Svatojanske

Sen Noci Svatojanske

• Krátký Film Praha, Jiri Trnka Studio.

• Distributed by:

   Krátký Film Praha

• Cartoon Characters:

   Bottom, Demetrius, Egeus, Helena, Hermia, Hippolyta, Lysander, Oberon, Puck, Quince, Theseus, Titania, Flute.

• Directed By

   Jiri Trnka.

• Produced By

   Erna Kmínková, Jaroslav Mozis.

• Animated By

   Jan Adams, Vlasta Jurajdová, Jan Karpas, Stanislav Látal, Bretislav Pojar, Bohuslav Srámek.

• Written By

   Jirí Brdecka, Josef Kainar, Howard Sackler, Jiri Trnka. (more).

• Awards:

   Highest Prize of the Technical Committee, Cannes, 1959.
  Honourable Medal, Venice, 1959
  First Prize, Best Film, Bucharest, 1960
  Second Prize, Montevideo, 1960
  First Prize, Music, Golden Mercury, Valencia, 1962.

• Originally Released in 1959 (Estimate).

• Originally Released Theatrically.

• Running Time:

   76 minutes.

• Color

• Czechoslovakia

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Cartoon Summary:

Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples; the common, popular world of tradesmen in amateur theater; and the fairy-tale happiness...  (more)

Cartoon Production Information:

English Title: "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Foreign Language Title: "Songe d'une Nuit d'été" (French).

Stop-motion puppet animation. This was the first puppet cartoon released in Cinemascope. Based on William Shakespeare's play, this film is billed by its distributor as "the first puppet kinescope in...  (more)