Movie, 1918
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
IMDb 5.5, 69 min, Fantasy, Germany
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.
Cast
9 credited
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Elsa Wagner
Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Lyda Salmonova
Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
MR
Märte Rassow
Märte
Jakob Tiedtke
Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
AS
Armin Schweizer
Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
Paul Wegener
Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
CK
Clemens Kaufung
Schinderknecht
HS
Hans Sturm
Henker (Hangman)
Details
DirectorPaul Wegener
WritersPaul Wegener
GenreFantasy
Runtime69 min
ReleasedThu, Dec 19, 1918
CountryGermany
IMDBtt0008431
