The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Overview

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.

Directed by Paul Wegener

Top cast

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Bürgermeister (Mayor)

Elsa Wagner

Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)

Lyda Salmonova

Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)

M

Märte Rassow

Märte

Jakob Tiedtke

Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)

A

Armin Schweizer

Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)

Paul Wegener

Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)

C

Clemens Kaufung

Schinderknecht

H

Hans Sturm

Henker (Hangman)

Details