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The Nightingale and the Rose
The Nightingale and the Rose

THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE

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Directed by Josef Kábrt
Czechoslovakia, 1967
Animation, Short

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.