The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1h 9min

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.

Production Companies

UFA

Projektions-AG Union

Cast

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Elsa Wagner

Elsa Wagner

Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Lyda Salmonova

Lyda Salmonova

Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
Armin Schweizer

Armin Schweizer

Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
Paul Wegener

Paul Wegener

Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Clemens Kaufung

Clemens Kaufung

Schinderknecht
Hans Sturm

Hans Sturm

Henker (Hangman)

Release date

19th Dec 1918

Status

Released

Spoken languages