Overview
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.
Cast
Pied Piper / Truson
Mayor of Hamelin
Mara
King's Emissary
John's Mother
First Counselor (uncredited)
Second Counselor (uncredited)
Leading Citizen (uncredited)
Paul (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)