A Midsummer Night's Dream
The world's first widescreen puppet film in which Jiří Trnka adapts one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Sen noci svatojánské
- Czechoslovakia 1959
- 73 min.
- Přístupný
A puppet adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play. One of Jiří Trnka's masterpieces is a unique adaptation of William Shakespeare's famous play, set on a June night when the story of two couples unluckily in love, theatre-obsessed craftsmen and supernatural beings takes place near Athens. These different worlds collide in a forest full of magic, and all the characters have their own dreamlike adventures. Jiří Trnka, with the help of Jiří Brdečka, adapted the drama for the purposes of a puppet musical pantomime. This extraordinary project, carried out over a period of two years, still evokes awe and admiration years later.
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1959 – Jiří Trnka (Best Selection – Short Film)
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