

A Midsummer's Night Dream
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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- Language
- Czech
- based on play or musical
- stop motion
- period drama
- costume drama
- european animation
- 3d animation
- medieval times
- czech animation
- czech fantasy
- european fantasy
- medieval europe
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City, New York18 Dec 1961
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon Film Festival2 Nov 1959
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical2 Nov 1960
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)UProjekt 100, together with Skutečnost Noci svatojánské20 Jan 2000
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical12 Dec 1977
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival5 May 1959
GermanyDE
- Theatrical (limited)limited - OmU4 Feb 2020
ItalyIT
- Theatrical28 May 1960
JapanJP
- Theatrical16 Jul 1979
RussiaSU
- Theatrical10 May 1961
SpainES
- TheatricalMadrid14 Jun 1971
XCXC
- Theatrical25 Sept 1959
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A Midsummer's Night Dream was released on 25 September 1959.
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