A Midsummer Night's Dream
The first puppet kinescope in the world. 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.
- Year: 1959
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
- Studio: Krátký film Praha – Studio kresleného a loutkového filmu Praha
- Keyword: based on play or musical, stop motion
- Director: Jiří Trnka
- Cast: Rudolf Pellar