El emperador y el ruiseñor

A toy empire of gears and glitter gets tangled in its own shimmer. A sick ruler chooses a clockwork songbird over the real deal, until honesty in a feathered form saves the day. A noble fable polished to a sheen that still creaks a little.

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Jiří Trnka directed El emperador y el ruiseñor in 1949. See Jiří Trnka's full filmography, where to start with Jiří Trnka, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jiří Trnka.

El emperador y el ruiseñor was released in 1949 (CS original-language production), with a runtime of 72 minutes.