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'The Emperor's Nightingale' is a 1949 Czechoslovak stop-motion animated film directed by Ji Trnka and Milo 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.Stephen Jacobs, 'Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 353 The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.

In the film, a live-action boy dreams that his toys are real. The toys come to life in stop-motion animation, and tell the story of a Chinese emperor who makes friends with a nightingale.

Cast



* Helena Patokov as the girl

* Jaromr Sobota as the boy

* Dtsk pveck sbor Jana Kuhna as chorus

* Boris Karloff - Narrator in English language version only

See also



* Boris Karloff filmography

* List of Czech films

* Ji Trnka

References




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