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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)

1h 9m

Running Time

December 19, 1918
Release Date

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)

Name: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Released: 1918-12-19

1h 9m

Running Time

December 19, 1918
Release Date

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Plot.

A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.

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Cast & Crew.

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Bürgermeister (Mayor)

Elsa Wagner

Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)

Lyda Salmonova

Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)

Märte Rassow

Märte

Jakob Tiedtke

Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)

Armin Schweizer

Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)

Frida Richard

Actress

Paul Wegener

Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel) / Director / Writer

Armin Schweizer

Magerer Ratsherr

Clemens Kaufung

Schinderknecht

Hans Sturm

Henker (Hangman)

Frederik Fuglsang

Director of Photography

Rochus Gliese

Production Design

Hans Stürm

Henker

Lotte Reiniger

Title Designer

Paul Davidson

Producer

Details.

Release Date
December 19, 1918

Original Name
Der Rattenfänger von Hameln

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 9m

Last updated: 2025-04-12

Wiki.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln) is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by and starring Paul Wegener and also featuring Lyda Salmonova and Wilhelm Diegelmann. It is based on the legendary story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and on location around Bautzen and Hildesheim. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rochus Gliese. The animator Lotte Reiniger worked on the design of the film's intertitles.

It premièred at the Union-Theater am Nollendorfplatz on 19 December 1918.