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.
Helena Patočková
Girl
Jaromír Sobota
Boy
Boris Karloff
Narrator (English version)
Václav Trojan
Original Music Composer
Jiří Trnka
Art Designer
Vladimír Janovský
Assistant Production Manager
Director
Miloš Makovec
Vítězslav Nezval
Screenplay
Hans Christian Andersen
Short Story
Jiří Brdečka
Ludvík Hájek
Director of Photography
Ferdinand Pečenka
Editor
Helena Lebdušková
Josef Zavadil
Sound
Bohuslav Šrámek
Animation
Břetislav Pojar
Stanislav Látal
Jan Karpaš
Zdeněk Hrabě
Bohumír Buriánek
Production Manager
Otakar Pařík
Conductor
Jan Kühn
