雷桑德（Tom Criddle 饰）和德米特里厄斯（Michael Meacham 饰）邂逅了名为赫米娅（安•贝尔 Ann Bell 饰）的少女，两名青年双双坠入情网。赫米娅将芳心暗许给了雷桑德，而赫米娅的好友海伦娜（芭芭拉•雷吉-亨特 Barbara Leigh-Hunt 饰）则疯狂的爱上了英俊的德米特里厄斯。 在雅典国王瑟修斯（Hugh Manning 饰）的婚礼上，赫米娅和雷桑德共同进入了被诅咒的森林之中，在那里，他们遇见了小精灵帕克（Roger Shepherd 饰）。小精灵帕克利用神奇之花的魔力，让雷桑德和德米特里厄斯同时转向喜欢上了海伦娜，甚至为了得到她而决定进行决斗。不仅如此，就连仙后也因为花朵的魔力而被错点了鸳鸯谱。
Plot Summary:The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jirí Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.
