
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949)
Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
Actors: Helena Patočková, Jaromír Sobota, Boris Karloff
Country: Czechoslovakia
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