The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Overview

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.

Release Date

19 December 1918

69 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Schinderknecht
Henker (Hangman)

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