Directed by:
Jiří TrnkaCinematography:
Jiří VojtaComposer:
Václav TrojanCast:
Rudolf Pellar, Jack Gwillim, Richard Burton, Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Jean Desailly, Alec McCowen, Stephen Moore, Georgine Anderson, Donald Eccles (more)Plots(1)
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Rudolf Pellar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268717_891a3a.jpg)
Rudolf Pellar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Princ a chuďas (1971) (TV movie)
![Jack Gwillim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677397_073553.jpg)
Jack Gwillim
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Richard Burton
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
![Joss Ackland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/037/165037480_961244.jpg)
Joss Ackland
UK
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers (1973)
![Ann Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279607_940a31.jpg)
Ann Bell
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Jean Desailly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394584_24e8fe.jpg)
Jean Desailly
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Soft Skin (1964)
![Alec McCowen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263825_f2b4f0.jpg)
Alec McCowen
UK
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
![Stephen Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/585/158585047_bb2e4c.gif)
Stephen Moore
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
![Georgine Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360335_6d7709.jpg)
Georgine Anderson
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
![Donald Eccles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/561/161561002_b9a4d1.jpg)
Donald Eccles
UK
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Dresser (1983)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Stephanie Bidmead
UK
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Cyril Luckham
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
Providence (1977)