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.
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Stars: Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus, Michal Pavlíček, Vilém Čok
Crew: Viktor Dyk (Original Story), Vladimír Malík (Cinematography), Ivan Vít (Cinematography), Jiří Barta (Art Direction), Kamil Pixa (Screenplay), Jiří Barta (Director)
Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany
Language: No Language
Studio: TV 2000 Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
Runtime: 56 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 01, 1986
IMDb: 3.4
