The Emperor's Nightingale

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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.

  • Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1949-04-15
  • Runtime: 72 min
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Language: Czech
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 5.286
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