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A Midsummer's Night Dream is a tchecoslovaque film of genre Comedy directed by Jiří Trnka released in USA on 18 december 1961 with Richard Burton
A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
Sen noci svatojánské
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 december 1961
Length 1h16
Directed by Jiří Trnka
OriginTchecoslovaquie
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Les fées, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Rating67%
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Czech: Sen noci svatojánské) is a 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka. It is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. An English-language dubbed version was made with narration by Richard Burton.
The film won several awards including the Prize of the Technical Committee in Cannes and an Honourable Medal at the Venice Film Festival.
Synopsis
D'après la pièce de Shakespeare, Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, ce film de marionnettes destiné aux adultes met en scène les trois univers de cette histoire complexe : l'Athènes patricienne, le milieu populaire et le monde magique des elfes et des nymphes.Actors
Richard Burton
(Narrator)
Joss Ackland
(Quince (voice))
Jean Desailly
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
(Helena (voice))
Hugh Manning
(Theseus (voice))
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