The Pied Piper
7.5(80) 1986-07-29 53 minAnimationFantasyDrama
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.
ScreenplayKamil Pixa
DirectorJiří Barta
Original Music ComposerMichael Kocáb
AnimationAlfons Mensdorff-Pouilly
AnimationVlasta Pospíšilová
AnimationXenie Vavrečková
AnimationJan Zach
