The Pied Piper of Hamelin

(1957)

★ 5.6 IMDb · 18 votes

Genres: Music, Fantasy, Comedy, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1957

Runtime: 89 мин

Director: Bretaigne Windust

Cast: Van Johnson, Клод Рейнс, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus, Kay Starr, Джозеф Сарджент, Doodles Weaver, Стэнли Адамс, Oliver Blake, Rene Kroper

Plot

The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.