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.
Directed by Jiří Trnka
based on play or musical
stop motion
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
Cast
Rudolf Pellar
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Jiří Trnka
Director
Jiří Trnka
Screenplay
Jiří Trnka
Art Designer
Stanislav Látal
Animation
Břetislav Pojar
Animation
Vlasta Pospíšilová
Animation
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
Genevieve
8.0★ · 11/01/25
I love puppets.
I love puppets.
Julio Plantain
9.0★ · 10/22/25
C’était si beau j’ai pas les mots
C’était si beau j’ai pas les mots
sid
9.1★ · 07/10/25
beautiful beautiful cute favorite puppets 👁️ 👁️
beautiful beautiful cute favorite puppets 👁️ 👁️
Sebastián Allegre
8.0★ · 06/23/25
“Dreams seduce us and deceive all, but no matter”
“Dreams seduce us and deceive all, but no matter”
Spencer
9.7★ · 05/26/25
in my head i resemble one of those fairies
yo i gotta get myself one of those flowers (i’m gonna give it to my ex) (i’m joking pls don’t block me)
in my head i resemble one of those fairies
yo i gotta get myself one of those flowers (i’m gonna give it to my ex) (i’m joking pls don’t block me)
