A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 film)

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Directed byJiří Trnka
Screenplay by
Based onA Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare [1]
Produced byErna Kmínková
Jaroslav Mozis
Narrated byRudolf Pellar
CinematographyJiří Vojta
Edited byHana Walachová
Distributed byÚstřední půjčovna filmů
Release date
  • 25 September 1959 (1959-09-25)
Running time
76 minutes [2]
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Czech: Sen noci svatojánské) is a 1959 Czechoslovak animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka, his last feature length film before his death 10 years later in 1969. It is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name.[3][4]