The Pied Piper(Movie, 1985)

Name: The Pied Piper
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Released: 1985
Duration: T00:53:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Krysař" (Czech/CS)

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 20 votes)

The Pied Piper is a 1986 Czechoslovakian animated dark fantasy film directed by Jiří Barta. Its original Czech title is Krysař, which means "The rat catcher". The story is an adaptation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a fairy tale originated in medieval Germany. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival ()

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About The Pied Piper

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.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Germany, Czechoslovakia

Plays in: Holy Roman Empire

Based on the work of: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Robert Browning ("Dealing with the Pied Piper of Hameln")

Made by: Krátký Film Praha, TV 2000 Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, Studio Jiri Trnka

Original language: Czech (CS)

Spoken languages: Czech (CS)

Translated into 5 languages: Czech (CS), Greek (EL), English (EN), French (FR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/01/1986

Cast: Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus, Vilém Čok

Voice Actor: Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus, Vilém Čok, Michal Pavlíček, Michael Kocáb

Director: Jiří Barta

Screenwriter: Kamil Pixa

Film Editor: Jan Sládek

Director of Photography: Vladimír Malík, Ivan Vít

Composer: Michael Kocáb

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Krysar"

"Der Rattenfänger von Hameln"

"El flautista de Hamelín"

"Krysar, le joueur de flûte de Hamelin"

"Ο Φλαουτίστας"

"The Pied Piper of Hamelin"

Keywords: stop motion

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