The puppet films of Jiri Trnka : The emperor's nightingale /
The emperor's nightingale: based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen in which the emperor loves the song of the nightingale so much that he buys an artificial bird which breaks the real nightingale's heart.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Czech English |
| Language Notes: | Narration for A drop too much, Jiri Trnka, and The emperor's nightingale in English. |
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©1999
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| Summary: | The emperor's nightingale: based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen in which the emperor loves the song of the nightingale so much that he buys an artificial bird which breaks the real nightingale's heart. Story of the bass cello: based on Chekhov's story about a bass player whose clothes are stolen while he's bathing in a river. The song of the prairie: a parody of the wild American West where the pistol rules, timidity has no place, and love blossoms. The merry circus: shows an afternoon at a circus. Created by using paper cut-outs and stop-action photography. A drop too much: the tragic tale of a motorcyclist who, happily on his way to meet his fiancée, stops at a tavern with disastrous results. The hand: tells the story of a happy artist who devotes his time to making a pot for his favorite flower until he is ordered by a giant hand to create a statue instead. Jiri Trnka, puppet animation master: a brief documentary that includes clips of the artist working on his puppets and excerpts from some of his films. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital mono. |