The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918)

  • NR
  • 12/19/1918 (DE)
  • 1h 9m

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.

Paul Wegener

Director, Writer

Cast

Wilhelm Diegelmann's headshot

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Elsa Wagner's headshot

Elsa Wagner

Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Lyda Salmonova's headshot

Lyda Salmonova

Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
Märte Rassow's headshot

Märte Rassow

Märte
Jakob Tiedtke's headshot

Jakob Tiedtke

Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
Armin Schweizer's headshot

Armin Schweizer

Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
Paul Wegener's headshot

Paul Wegener

Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Clemens Kaufung's headshot

Clemens Kaufung

Schinderknecht

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