Movie

The Emperor's Nightingale

Released: April 15, 1949 (1949)

Runtime: 72 minutes

Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy

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.