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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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6.0/10 • 1

1918-12-191h 9m

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.

Directors
Paul Wegener
Writters
Paul Wegener

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  1. Wilhelm Diegelmann

    Wilhelm Diegelmann

    Bürgermeister (Mayor)

  2. Elsa Wagner

    Elsa Wagner

    Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)

  3. Lyda Salmonova

    Lyda Salmonova

    Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)

  4. Märte Rassow

    Märte Rassow

    Märte

  5. Jakob Tiedtke

    Jakob Tiedtke

    Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)

  6. Armin Schweizer

    Armin Schweizer

    Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)

  7. Paul Wegener

    Paul Wegener

    Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

  8. Clemens Kaufung

    Clemens Kaufung

    Schinderknecht

  9. Hans Sturm

    Hans Sturm

    Henker (Hangman)

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Le_Schpountz

Sep 13, 2020

6/10

The founding of the Weimar Republic marks the beginning of the golden age of German cinema. After the imperial rule and the horrors of the First World War, the sudden „shock of freedom“ is reflected in the escapist comedies, glamorous spectacles and dark screen fantasies of the film. Wegener’s fantastic films are the roots of expressionism and escapism in German film of the twenties. Based on one of the most famous German legends „Rattenfänger von Hameln“ („Pied Piper of Hamelin“ or „Rat-Catcher of Hamelin“) written down by the Brothers Grimm. The rats shown in the film following the traveler out of town were „wooden rats“. Working with trained animals had proved impossible. Instead, they made wood rats and filmed them in a stop-motion process. 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 is preserved in incomplete / fragmentary form!

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    German
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