---
title: 'The Emperor''s Nightingale (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Trnka'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Animation'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-emperors-nightingale-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043410/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Emperor's Nightingale (1948)

1948 · 72 min · Fantasy, Animation · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Císařův slavík

## Synopsis

The Emperor's Nightingale is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the 1843 fairy tale "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in the 1951 American dubbed version. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Trnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-trnka), [Miloš Makovec](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-makovec)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Trnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-trnka), [Vítězslav Nezval](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitezslav-nezval), [Jiří Brdečka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-brdecka)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Václav Trojan](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-trojan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ferdinand Pečenka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-pecenka), [Emanuel Franek](https://cinepixo.com/people/emanuel-franek)
- **Editor:** [Helena Lebduskova](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-lebduskova)

## Cast

- [Jaromír Sobota](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-sobota)
- [Helena Patočková](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-patockova)

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