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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

60 %|Dec 19, 1918|

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.

Featured Crew

Paul Wegener
Director
Paul Wegener
Writer
Lotte Reiniger
Title Designer
Paul Davidson
Producer
Frederik Fuglsang
Director of Photography
Rochus Gliese
Production Design

Cast

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Wilhelm Diegelmann
Bürgermeister (Mayor)
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Elsa Wagner
Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
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Lyda Salmonova
Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
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Jakob Tiedtke
Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
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Armin Schweizer
Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
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Paul Wegener
Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
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Clemens Kaufung
Schinderknecht
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Hans Sturm
Henker (Hangman)