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Works explorer

The King and the nightingale

Japan, 1974
film

A puppet animation version of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale of a king who discovers just in time the value of the nightingale and its beautiful s..

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The Emperor's New Clothes

Germany, 1959
Similarity: 72%

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Musical Tales

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Thumbelina

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Similarity: 71%

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United States, 1952
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