The Pied Piper 1986
7.50/10 by 54 users
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.
- Title: The Pied Piper
- Year: 1986
- Genre: Animation, Fantasy
- Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany
- Studio: TV 2000 Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
- Director: Jiří Barta
- Cast: Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus, Michal Pavlíček, Vilém Čok
- Crew: Jiří Barta (Director), Vladimír Malík (Cinematography), Viktor Dyk (Original Story), Kamil Pixa (Screenplay), Jiří Barta (Art Direction), Ivan Vít (Cinematography)
- Keyword: stop motion, based on fairy tale, expressionism, rat, dark fairy tale, pied piper, piper
- Release: Sep 01, 1986
- Runtime: 56 minutes
- IMDb: 7.50 / 10 by 54 users
- Popularity: 6
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: No Language
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