The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

7.4

Jul 29 1986

1h 56m

Animation, Fantasy

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.

Oldřich Kaiser

Oldřich Kaiser

(voice)

Jiří Lábus

Jiří Lábus

(voice)

Michal Pavlíček

Michal Pavlíček

(voice)

Vilém Čok

Vilém Čok

(voice)

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