Fantasy · Germany · 1918 · 1h 9m

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Der Rattenfänger von Hameln

Director

Cast

Wilhelm Diegelmann as Bürgermeister (Mayor) Elsa Wagner as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife) Lyda Salmonova as Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter) Märte Rassow as Märte Jakob Tiedtke as Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist) Armin Schweizer as Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)

Crew

Frederik Fuglsang — Director of Photography Paul Wegener — Writer Paul Davidson — Producer Rochus Gliese — Production Design

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Paul Wegener Director Frederik Fuglsang Director of Photography Paul Wegener Writer Paul Davidson Producer Rochus Gliese Production Design

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