The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918 · 69 min · 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
- Writer
- Paul Wegener
- Released
- December 19, 1918
- Language
- German
Cast
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Elsa Wagner
Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Lyda Salmonova
Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
Märte Rassow
Märte
Jakob Tiedtke
Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
Armin Schweizer
Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
Paul Wegener
Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Clemens Kaufung
Schinderknecht
Hans Sturm
Henker (Hangman)
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