The Nightingale and the Rose

(festival title)
  • Czechoslovakia Slavík a růže
Animation / Short / Romance / Poetic
Czechoslovakia, 1967, 10 min

Directed by:

Josef Kábrt

Based on:

Oscar Wilde (short story)

Screenplay:

Josef Kábrt

Cinematography:

Ivan Masník

Composer:

Wiliam Bukový

Cast:

Eduard Cupák (narrator)
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Plots(1)

A picture based on the Oscar Wilde's story and the artistic conception of his friend, the most famous graphic artist of his times, Aubrey Beardsley. The picture shows us a moving story of a nightingale sacrifices his life for a single rose that is to bring to a student the love of his chosen one. (official distributor synopsis)