Country
France
Date
May 10, 1986
Note
Cannes Film Festival premiere
53min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
Genres
AnimationFantasyDrama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Krysař |
| Lingua originale | Český (CS) |
| Lingue parlate | No Language, Český |
| Paesi di produzione | Czechoslovakia, Germany |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | TV 2000 Film und Fernsehproduktions, Krátký film Praha, Krátký film Praha – Studio Jiřího Trnky |
| Data di uscita | 29 luglio 1986 |
| Writer | Kamil Pixa, Viktor Dyk, Robert Browning |
| Editors | Helena Lebdušková |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Malík, Ivan Vít |
| Asst. Directors | Jiří Barta |
| Camera Operators | Ivan Vít, Vladimír Malík |
| Add. Photography | Ivan Vít, Vladimír Malík |
| Production Design | Jiří Barta |
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| Art Direction | Jiří Barta |
| Set Decoration | Jiří Barta |
| Visual Effects | Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly, Vlasta Pospíšilová, Xenie Vavrečková, Jan Zach |
| Composer | Michael Kocáb, Miroslav Jirounek, Ivo Špalj |
| Sound | Michael Kocáb, Miroslav Jirounek, Ivo Špalj |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Country
XC
Date
Jul 29, 1986
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Feb 17, 1988
Certification
PG
Physical media
Country
United States
Date
Aug 29, 2023
Certification
NR
Note
Blu-ray
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