The Pied Piper (1986)
7.5
/10 By 63 Votes
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.
Release Date : September 1, 1986
Runtime : 56m
Companies : TV 2000 Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Countries : Czechoslovakia, Germany
Keywords : stop motion, based on fairy tale, expressionism, rat, dark fairy tale, pied piper, piper
