The Pied Piper (1986 film)

The Pied Piper
French DVD cover
Directed byJiří Barta
Screenplay byKamil Pixa
Based onPied Piper of Hamelin
CinematographyVladimír Malík
Ivan Vít
Edited byHelena Lebdusková
Music byMichael Kocáb
Production
companies
Kratky Film Praha
Studio Jiriho Trnky Praha
Distributed byUstredni Pujcovna Filmu filmový kartel
Release date
  • 29 July 1986 (1986-07-29) (Czechoslovakia)
Running time
53 minutes
CountriesCzechoslovakia
West Germany
LanguageCzech

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]