
The Pied Piper
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of the most ambitious Czech animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
- Year: 1986
- Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany
- Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Drama
- Studio: TV 2000 Film und Fernsehproduktions, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky
- Keyword: greed, surreal, surrealism, europe, community, mysterious man, stop motion, period drama, dark fantasy, based on fairy tale, expressionism, rat, costume drama, dark fairy tale, pied piper, european animation, piper, no dialogue, medieval times, central europe, czech animation, czech horror, czech fantasy, european horror, european fantasy, czech surrealism, medieval europe
- Director: Jiří Barta
- Cast: Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Lábus, Michal Pavlíček, Vilém Čok





















