The Pied Piper

Name: The Pied Piper
Director: Jiří Barta
Genre: animation, fantastique, drame
Released: 1986
Duration: 53 min

1986Czechoslovakia, Allemagne53 min

The film

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 the most ambitious Czech animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.

DirectorJiří Barta

Genresanimation · fantastique · drame

CountryCzechoslovakia, Allemagne

Runtime53 min

Record & provenance

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The Pied Piper

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