The Pied Piper
1986 · Movie · NR · 53 min · ★ 7.4 · 81% critics
In a corrupt medieval town overrun by rats, a mysterious piper offers help for a price. This dark stop-motion retelling turns the familiar fable into a bleak moral tale about greed, punishment, and a community rotting from within.
Based on Dealing with the Pied Piper of Hameln
Also known as The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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Details
- Original title
- Krysař
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-07-29
- Language
- CS
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (76 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like eerie, art-house animation and bleak fairy tales in the vein of Alice or Faust; Not for you if you want a light, family-friendly version of the story.
Pros: haunting atmosphere; striking dark visuals; bold mature fairy tale | Cons: very grim tone; unsettling content; not kid-friendly
Themes
- stop motion
- based on fairy tale
- expressionism
- rat
- dark fairy tale
- pied piper
- piper
Awards & recognition
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · 1987 · nominated
Cast & crew
Oldřich Kaiser
as (voice)
Jiří Lábus
as (voice)
Michal Pavlíček
as (voice)
Vilém Čok
as (voice)
Directed by Jiří Barta