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The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper is an American Pre-Code animated short film based on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The short was produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and released on September 16, 1933, as a part of the Silly Symphonies series.
Plot
In the city of Hamelin, there is a large population of rats that keeps growing and eating all the food in sight. The mayor offers to pay a bag of gold to whoever can get rid of the rats. At that moment, the Pied Piper shows up and offers his services. By playing a tune on his pipe, he hypnotizes the rodents to follow him out of Hamelin. Then he creates a wheel of cheese with his pipe, tempting the mice to go in and eat it, and once all of the mice were in the holes of the cheese, he makes it vanish.
Awards
More details
author | Ted Sears Webb Smith |
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award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
director | Wilfred Jackson |
keywords | eat grow up hamelin lock pied piper wrath |
musicBy | Leigh Harline |
producer | Walt Disney |
productionCompany | Walt Disney Animation Studios |
publisher | United Artists |
theme | animated animated short short |