The Pied Piper

A charming old cartoon that turns surprisingly dark, leaving a lingering sense of unease beneath the fairy-tale surface.

Directed by

Wilfred Jackson

Genres

Animation, Music

Starring

George Gramlich, Allan Watson, Marion Darlington

Overview

The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lures the rats into a mirage of cheese, which disappears. The citizens, disappointed that all he did was play a tune, offer only pocket change. The piper, angered, plays a new tune that has all the children of the city follow him, even the new twins the stork is preparing to deliver.

How it feels

Whimsical, dark, eerie and satirical. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Revenge, greed, betrayal, justice

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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