The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Paul Wegener |
Written by | Paul Wegener |
Produced by | Paul Davidson |
Starring | Paul Wegener Lyda Salmonova Wilhelm Diegelmann |
Cinematography | Frederik Fuglsang |
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Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 19 December 1918 |
Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln) is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by and starring Paul Wegener and also featuring Lyda Salmonova and Wilhelm Diegelmann.[1] It is based on the legendary story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and on location around Bautzen and Hildesheim. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rochus Gliese. The animator Lotte Reiniger worked on the design of the film's intertitles.
It premièred at the Union-Theater am Nollendorfplatz on 19 December 1918.[2]
Cast
- Paul Wegener as Fremder Spielmann
- Lyda Salmonova as Ursula
- Clemens Kaufung as Schinderknecht
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Bürgermeister
- Frida Richard
- Elsa Wagner as Weib des Bürgermeister
- Armin Schweizer as Magerer Ratsherr
- Jakob Tiedtke as Ratsapotheker
- Märte Rassow as Märte
- Hans Stürm as Henker
References
- ^ Kreimeier p.44
- ^ Der Rattenfänger Filmportal.de. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
Bibliography
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
Categories:
- 1918 films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Paul Wegener
- German drama films
- 1918 drama films
- UFA GmbH films
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- Films set in the Middle Ages
- Films based on Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Films set in the Holy Roman Empire
- German black-and-white films
- 1910s German film stubs