The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)
- Original title
- Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
- Directed by
- Paul Wegener
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, silent film, historical film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mysterious piper is hired to rid a German town of a plague of rats. When the townspeople refuse to pay him, he retaliates by leading away their children.
silent-erahistoricalfolkloricsomberstylizedslow-pacedmelancholic
What happens
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln) is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by and starring Paul Wegener and also featuring Lyda Salmonova and Wilhelm Diegelmann. It is based on the legendary story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and on location around Bautzen and Hildesheim. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rochus Gliese. The animator Lotte Reiniger worked on the design of the film's intertitles. It premièred at the Union-Theater am Nollendorfplatz on 19 December 1918. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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