The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Name: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 1918-12-19
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Wilhelm Diegelmann, Elsa Wagner, Lyda Salmonova, Märte Rassow, Jakob Tiedtke

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1918

Release Year

69 min

Runtime

Fantasy

Overview

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

Cast

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Bürgermeister (Mayor)

Elsa Wagner

Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)

Lyda Salmonova

Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)

Märte Rassow

Märte

Jakob Tiedtke

Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)

Armin Schweizer

Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)

Paul Wegener

Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

Clemens Kaufung

Schinderknecht

Hans Sturm

Henker (Hangman)

Reviews(1)

6.0avg rating

Le_Schpountz

September 13, 2020

6/10

The founding of the Weimar Republic marks the beginning of the golden age of German cinema. After the imperial rule and the horrors of the First World War, the sudden „shock of freedom“ is reflected in the escapist comedies, glamorous spectacles and dark screen fantasies of the film. Wegener’s fa…

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