The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

69 mins | 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.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

69 mins | Dec. 19, 1918

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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.
Producers Universum Film (UFA), Projektions-AG »Union« (PAGU) (Berlin)
Original title Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
Directors Paul Wegener
Writers Paul Wegener

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)

Paul Wegener

as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

Clemens Kaufung

as Schinderknecht

Hans Sturm

as Henker (Hangman)