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Czech animator Jirí Barta's compelling stop-motion adaptation of the familiar 14th century fairy tale offers a very dark spin on the narrative, as a mysterious musician offers to help the wasteful and corrupt citizenry of Hamelin solve a rat infestation problem of their own making...and then delivers them a chilling fate once they choose to welsh on their bargain. Loose take on the Viktor Dyk novel features the voices of Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus, Michal Pavlícek, Vilém Cok. 55 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack, Czech; Subtitles; English; audio commentary; bonus shorts "Riddles for a Candy" (1978), "Disc Jockey" (1980), "The Design" (1981), "The Vanished World of Gloves" (1982), "A Ballad About Green Wood" (1983), "The Last Theft" (1987), "The Club of the Laid Off" (1989); featurettes. In Czech with English subtitles.