A Midsummer Night's Dream

1959 · Directed by Jiří Trnka · 76 min · comedy film, animated film, romance film

★ 7.2/10 · 20 ratings on TMDB

The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. 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 Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.