The Pied Piper (1986 film)

The Pied Piper is a 1986 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Ji Barta. Its original Czech title is Krysa, 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 one of Czechoslovakias most ambitious animation projects of the 1980scitation needed needed, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious languagecitation needed . The art design was heavily inspired by German Expressionism and medieval art. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1986 Cannes Film Festivalcitation needed .

Finally, the piper goes to collect his promised payment. The town leaders who are in the middle of gorging themselves on food and wine give him only a black button. The piper leaves angrily. Meanwhile, the jeweller is seen drinking and telling his sad tale of rejection to his friends, who decide to do something about it. That night, they break into the womans house as she is praying, rape and kill her this is implied rather than shown. The piper comes, but this time he is too late all that he can do is close the eyes of her horrified face.Now the piper climbs up the highest tower in the town, to the top floor where the machinery for the sun that we saw in the introduction is located. At the very top is the god Saturn, holding an hourglass. The piper and Saturn have a silent conversation, and a decision is made. All of the sand in Saturns hourglass runs out, and the gears that make the sun rise stop working. As the first chime of morning strikes, the sun does not rise instead, the piper walks out and plays his pipe. As the citizens hear him, they turn into rats and follow the sound, eventually jumping off the tower just like the rats did previously. ........

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