The Nightingale

May 10, 1983

0h 54m

★ 3.7

Overview

A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.

Genres

Fantasy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Platypus Productions

Gaylord Productions

The Nightingale Trailers

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Cast

The Emperor

Mick Jagger

Music Master

Bud Cort

The Maid

Barbara Hershey

Prime Minister

Edward James Olmos

Gardener / Minister

Mako

Gardener

Chao-Li Chi

Imperial Doctor

Keye Luke

Death Spirit

Bobby Porter

First Lady of the Court

Ellen Wakamatsu

Second Lady of the Court

Susan Haruye

Emperor's Bodyguard

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Pansy

Jerry Hall

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