The Emperor's Nightingale

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jirí Trnka
Milos Makovec
(live action)

Writing Credits

Hans Christian Andersen
(story: "Nightingale") (as H. Ch. Andersen)
Jirí Trnka
(screenplay) &
Jirí Brdecka
(screenplay) &
Vítezslav Nezval
(collaborator on screenplay) (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
(french adaptation)
Phyllis McGinley
(narration: English adaption)
Vítezslav Nezval
(narration) (uncredited)

Cast

Helena Patockova
The Girl
Jaromir Sobotoa
The Boy
Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna
Chorus
Boris Karloff
Narrator

Produced by

Bohumír Buriánek
producer
William L. Snyder
producer: English adaption

Music by

Václav Trojan

Cinematography by

Ferdinand Pecenka

Editing by

Helena Lebdusková
Jirí Trnka

Art Direction by

Jirí Trnka

Art Department

Frantisek Braun
doll maker, set designer, prop
Erik Milos Bülow
doll maker, set designer, prop
Ludvík Hájek
doll maker, set designer, prop
Karel Mázel
doll maker, set designer, prop
Milena Neubauerová
doll maker, set designer, prop
Karel Sobotka
doll maker, set designer, prop
Jirí Trnka
doll maker, set designer, prop
Jaroslav Zdrubecký
doll maker, set designer, prop
Josef Zdrubecký
doll maker, set designer, prop

Sound Department

Josef Zavadil
sound

Visual Effects by

Zdnek Hrabé
model animator
Jan Karpas
model animator
Stanislav Látal
model animator
Bretislav Pojar
model animator
Bohuslav Srámek
model animator

Music Department

Otakar Parik
orchestra conductor (as Otakar Pařík)

Additional Crew

Emanuel Franek
technical associate
Václav Mervart
technical associate
All Filters