The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
Fantasy
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.
1918-12-19
de
Cast
Director
Paul Wegener
Wilhelm Diegelmann as Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Elsa Wagner as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Lyda Salmonova as Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
Jakob Tiedtke as Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
Paul Wegener as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)