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The Pied Piper (1986)

Directed by Jiří Bárta

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.

Rated NR | Length 56 minutes

Actors

Oldřich Kaiser | Jiří Lábus | Michal Pavlíček | Vilém Čok