The Emperor's Nightingale
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1hr
12mins
Directed by
Jiří Trnka,
Miloš Makovec,
Starring
Helena Patočková,
Jaromír Sobota,
Boris Karloff,
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.
