Movie

The Pied Piper

1986 · 53 min

A wordless, wood-carved nightmare of creeping dread, grotesque faces and clockwork menace that plays like a feverish medieval fable.

Overview: A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of the most ambitious Czech animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, bleak and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Greed, corruption, justice, morality
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
corruption
justice
morality
death
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: animated
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild