The Pied Piper

Jul 29, 1986

0h 53m

★ 7.4

Overview

A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.

Genres

Animation

Fantasy

Drama

Production Companies

TV 2000 Film und Fernsehproduktions

Krátký film Praha

Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky

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Cast

(voice)

Oldřich Kaiser

(voice)

Jiří Lábus

(voice)

Michal Pavlíček

(voice)

Vilém Čok

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