The Pied Piper (1988)

02/17/1988 (XC) • 56m

Animation, Fantasy

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

stop motion

based on fairy tale

expressionism

rat

dark fairy tale

pied piper

piper

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