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.
| Writing | Vítězslav Nezval | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jiří Trnka | Director |
| Directing | Miloš Makovec | Director |
| Visual Effects | Bohuslav Šrámek | Animation |
| Writing | Jiří Trnka | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Zdeněk Hrabě | Animation |
| Sound | Josef Zavadil | Sound |
| Writing | Jiří Brdečka | Screenplay |
| Camera | Ludvík Hájek | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Břetislav Pojar | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Jan Karpaš | Animation |
| Editing | Jiří Trnka | Editor |
| Editing | Helena Lebdušková | Editor |
| Writing | Hans Christian Andersen | Short Story |
| Sound | Jan Kühn | Conductor |
| Sound | Otakar Pařík | Conductor |
| Production | Bohumír Buriánek | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Stanislav Látal | Animation |
| Camera | Ferdinand Pečenka | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Václav Trojan | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jiří Trnka | Art Designer |
| Production | Vladimír Janovský | Assistant Production Manager |
