The Pied Piper of Hamelin / 1957

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.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin / 1985

The town of Hamelin pays the ultimate price after reneging on their promise to the pied piper. Based on the poem by Robert Browning.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin / 1911

According to the tale found in the ancient annals, the little town of Hamelin, in Hanover, found itself, five hundred years ago overrun with rats. The citizens tried every way to abate the plague, but without result. Finally a mysterious stranger appeared in the town and offered for the sum of 1000 guilders to clear the place of vermin.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin / 1981

The Pied Piper of Hamelin / 1980

In 1376, the city of Hamelin is freed from a plague of hungry rats by a mysterious Piper who plays a tune and leads the vermin on a mery dance out of town and straight in to the river. But the greedy city Governers refuse to pay their agreed fee, so the Piper wreaks a terible revenge. He plays his pipe once more, only this time he leads all the children of Hamelin away to a magical mountain portal, from which they never return...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin / 1918

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.

The Pied Piper / 1986

In una città medievale infestata dai ratti, i cittadini, disperati, si rivolgono a un pifferaio magico, che promette di liberarli dai topi in cambio di denaro. Il pifferaio suona il suo flauto e i topi lo seguono, dirigendosi verso un lago dove annegano. Tuttavia, i cittadini non rispettano la promessa fatta al pifferaio e si rifiutano di pagarlo. Il pifferaio, furioso, suona il suo flauto di nuovo e rapisce tutti i bambini della città, portandoli in un luogo sconosciuto.