The Nightingale (1981)
A short, stop-frame animation. The film uses puppets to tell Hans Christian Andersen's tale about the song of a nightingale heard by the little kitchen girl at the Emperor of China's palace.
Director: Christine Edzard
https://www.sandsfilms.co.uk/sands-own-productions/the-nightingale.html
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Richard Goolden as Emperor |
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Mandy Carlin as Kitchen girl |
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John Dalby as Death |
| Directing | Christine Edzard | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claude Gastine | Costume Design |
| Sound | Ludwig van Beethoven | Music |
| Sound | Campbell Askew | Sound |
| Art | Rotislav Doboujinsky | Production Design |
| Sound | Michael Gray | Sound |
| Writing | Hans Christian Andersen | Story |
| Sound | Hugh Strain | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jill Carpenter | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Richard Goodwin | Producer |
| Camera | Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Michel Sanvoisin | Music Arranger |