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The Chinese Nightingale (1935) | Slate

Rated 6.2 on TMDB

The Chinese Nightingale

A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves. Soon the clockwork breaks down, and the emperor dispatches his crow to go look for the songbird. The emperor, meanwhile, grows sicker with the passing months.

Released: 1935
Runtime: 10m
Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Music
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Hans Christian AndersenStory

Rudolf IsingDirector

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