The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper
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The Pied Piper

DirectorJiří Barta

7.4 / 10
1986
53 min
AnimationFantasyDrama

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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