
The Emperor's Nightingale
"Now...a breathless experience brought to the screen! ...exquisite music! ...enchanting color!"
1949
2.7
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.
1949
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.
- director
- Miloš Makovec
- cast
- Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff
- runtime
- 1 hr 12 mins