A Midsummer Night's Dream
The first puppet kinescope in the world. 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.
- Year : 1959
- Country : Czechoslovakia
- Genre : Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
- Studio : Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
- Keyword : based on play or musical, stop motion
- Director : Jiří Trnka
- Cast : Rudolf Pellar