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The Pied Piper

1986 • 0h53m Animation, Fantasy, Drama

Rating

7.4/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Jiří Barta

Screenplay

Kamil Pixa

Cast

Oldřich Kaiser

Jiří Lábus

Michal Pavlíček

Release date

7/29/1986

Status

Released

Origin country

XC

DE

Vote count

75