The Pied Piper of Hamelin

6.0
  • Run time: 69 min
  • Premiere: 1918. December 19.

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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Wilhelm Diegelmann

Bürgermeister (Mayor)

Elsa Wagner

Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)

Lyda Salmonova

Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)

Jakob Tiedtke

Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)

Armin Schweizer

Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)

Paul Wegener

Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

Clemens Kaufung

Schinderknecht

Hans Sturm

Henker (Hangman)

Art

Rochus Gliese

Production Design

Lotte Reiniger

Title Designer

Camera

Frederik Fuglsang

Director of Photography

Directing

Paul Wegener

Director

Production

Paul Davidson

Producer

Writing

Art

Rochus Gliese

Production Design

Lotte Reiniger

Title Designer

Camera

Frederik Fuglsang

Director of Photography

Directing

Paul Wegener

Director

Production

Paul Davidson

Producer

Writing