The Pied Piper of Hamelin
5.5(2)19181h 9m
Fantasy
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.
Director
Paul Wegener
Cast
Reviews
1 reviewL
Le_Schpountz
5y ago
6.0
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 o...