The Nightingale (1979 film)

1979 Soviet Union film

The Nightingale
Russian: Соловей
Directed by	Nadezhda Kosheverova
Written by	Mikhail Volpin
Based on	"The Nightingale" and "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen
Starring	Svetlana Smirnova Yuri Vasilev Aleksandr Vokach Zinoviy Gerdt Nikolay Trofimov
Cinematography	Eduard Rozovsky
Edited by	Aleksandr Bessmertniy
Music by	Moisey Vaynberg
Release date	1979 (1979)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Nightingale (Russian: Соловей) is a 1979 Soviet family film directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova. It is based on two stories by Hans Christian Andersen, "The Nightingale" and "The Emperor's New Clothes".

Plot

The film tells about a poor journeyman who meets a wizard who instantly changes his life and he becomes the heir to the throne.

v t e Films by Nadezhda Kosheverova
Cinderella (1947) Spring in Moscow (1953) Tamer of Tigers (1954) Honeymoon (1956) Be Careful, Grandma! (1960) Cain XVIII (1963) An Old, Old Tale (1968) Shadow (1971) Tsarevich Prosha (1974) How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder (1977) The Nightingale (1979) The Donkey's Hide (1982) And Then Came Bumbo... (1984) The Tale About the Painter in Love (1987)

v t e Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale" (1843)
Adaptations	The Nightingale (1914 opera) Le chant du rossignol (1917 poem/ballet) The Emperor's Nightingale (1949 film) The Nightingale (1979 film) The Nightingale (1981 film) Nightingale (1982 musical) The Nightingale (2002 children's picture book)
Other	The Nightingale casting controversy

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