A Midsummer's Night Dream
Original title: Sen noci svatojánské
- 1959
- 1h 16m
- U
★ 7.2 TMDB Rating · 20 votes
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.
- Director
- Jiří Trnka
- Release date
- Sep 25, 1959
- Original language
- Czech
- Origin
- XC
Cast of A Midsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer's Night Dream release dates by country
A Midsummer's Night Dream was released in cinemas on Dec 18, 1961 (United States).
World premiere: May 5, 1959 (Cannes Film Festival)
| Country | In cinemas | Digital | Age rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Dec 18, 1961 | — | — |
| XC | Sep 25, 1959 | — | — |
| Italy | May 28, 1960 | — | — |
| XG | Oct 7, 1960 | — | — |
| Argentina | Nov 2, 1960 | — | — |
| Russia | May 10, 1961 | — | — |
| Spain | Jun 14, 1971 | — | — |
| Denmark | Dec 12, 1977 | — | — |
| Japan | Jul 16, 1979 | — | — |
| Czechia | Jan 20, 2000 (limited) | — | U |
| Germany | Feb 4, 2020 (limited) | — | — |
Digital = first release online to rent, buy or stream. Dates as reported to TMDB.
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