The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)
1h 9m
Running Time
December 19, 1918Release Date
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)
1h 9m
Running Time
December 19, 1918Release 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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Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1918
Original NameDer Rattenfänger von Hameln
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 9m
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.