Krysař (1986)

Title: The Pied Piper

Original Title: Krysař

Release Date: 1986-09-01

Status: Released

Rating: 7.5/10 (from 67 votes)

Language: CS

Genres: Animation, Fantasy

Production Companies: TV 2000 Film und Fernsehproduktions, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky

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.