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The Pied Piper

Name: The Pied Piper
Director: Jiří Barta
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1986
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus, Michal Pavlíček, Vilém Čok

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 the most ambitious Czech animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.

1986 · Directed by Jiří Barta · 53 min · Animation · Fantasy · Drama · 10 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Kamil Pixa
Cinematography: Vladimír Malík, Ivan Vít
Edited by: Helena Lebdušková
Music: Michael Kocáb

Cast

Oldřich Kaiser as (voice)
Jiří Lábus as (voice)
Michal Pavlíček as (voice)
Vilém Čok as (voice)

Production

Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany
Language: No Language
Studios: TV 2000 Film und Fernsehproduktions, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Themes: greed, surreal, surrealism, europe, community, mysterious man, stop motion, period drama, dark fantasy, based on fairy tale

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