---
title: 'A Midsummer Night''s Dream (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Trnka'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Animation'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053261/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)

1959 · 76 min · Comedy, Animation, Romance · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Sen noci svatojánské

## Synopsis

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka, his last feature length film before his death 10 years later in 1969. It is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Trnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-trnka)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Trnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-trnka), [Jiří Brdečka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-brdecka)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Václav Trojan](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-trojan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jiří Vojta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-vojta)

## Cast

- [Rudolf Pellar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-pellar)
- [Donald Eccles](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-eccles)
- [Jean Desailly](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-desailly)
- [Ann Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-bell)
- [Stephanie Bidmead](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephanie-bidmead)
- [Jack Gwillim](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gwillim)
- [Stephen Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-moore)
- [Cyril Luckham](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-luckham)
- [Richard Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-burton-2)
- [Joss Ackland](https://cinepixo.com/people/joss-ackland)
- [Georgine Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgine-anderson)
- [Alec McCowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-mccowen)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1959
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