| The Pied Piper | |
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| Directed by | Jiří Barta |
| Screenplay by | Kamil Pixa |
| Based on | Pied Piper of Hamelin |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Malík Ivan Vít |
| Edited by | Helena Lebdusková |
| Music by | Michael Kocáb |
Production companies | Kratky Film Praha Studio Jiriho Trnky Praha |
| Distributed by | Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu filmový kartel |
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Running time | 53 minutes |
| Countries | Czechoslovakia West Germany |
| Language | Czech |
The Pied Piper is a 1986 Czechoslovakian animated dark fantasy film directed by Jiří Barta.[1] Its original Czech title is Krysař, which means "The rat catcher". The story is an adaptation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a fairy tale originated in medieval Germany. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[2]