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 Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
Crew
Jiří Barta
Director, Art Direction
Kamil Pixa
Screenplay
Helena Lebdušková
Editor
Vladimír Malík
Director of Photography
Ivan Vít
Director of Photography, Still Photographer
Vlasta Pospíšilová
Animation
Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly
Animation
Xenie Vavrečková
Animation
Jan Zach
Animation
Ivo Špalj
Sound
Michael Kocáb
Original Music Composer
Miroslav Jirounek
Music Director
Robert Browning
Characters
Viktor Dyk
Original Story
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