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The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper
★ 7.5/10•1986•53m•NR•Animation•Fantasy•Drama

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.

Kamil Pixa · Screenplay

Jiří Barta · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime53m
LanguageCS
Release DateJul 29, 1986

Actors

Oldřich Kaiser

Oldřich Kaiser

(voice)

Jiří Lábus

Jiří Lábus

(voice)

Michal Pavlíček

Michal Pavlíček

(voice)

Vilém Čok

Vilém Čok

(voice)

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