The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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.
Cast
Wilhelm Diegelmann
as Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Elsa Wagner
as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Lyda Salmonova
as Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
Märte Rassow
as Märte
Jakob Tiedtke
as Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
Armin Schweizer
as Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
Paul Wegener
as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Clemens Kaufung
as Schinderknecht
Hans Sturm
as Henker (Hangman)
Reviews
Le_Schpountz
The founding of the Weimar Republic marks the beginning of the golden age of German cinema. After the imperial rule and the horrors of the First World War, the sudden „shock of freedom“ is reflected in the escapist comedies, glamorous spectacles and dark screen fantasies of the film. Wegener’s fa...