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The Pied Piper (1986)

The Pied Piper (1986)

Drama Fantasy Animation
Release Date: 1986, July 29
Directors: Jiří Barta
Countries: Germany, Czechoslovakia
Production: TV 2000 Film und Fernsehproduktions, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Cast: Jiří Lábus, Oldřich Kaiser, Vilém Čok

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

rat stop motion dark fairy tale based on fairy tale expressionism piper pied piper