The Pied Piper of Hamelin poster

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

5.5(2)19181h 9m1

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.

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Director

Paul Wegener

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Germany

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  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical19 Dec 1918

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin was released on 19 December 1918.

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    Le_Schpountz

    9/13/2020

    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 fa…

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