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Recently Viewed: The Pied Piper (1986)

Czech filmmaker Jiří Barta’s stop motion adaptation of The Pied Piper is a triumph of style as substance. Every frame is both immaculately crafted and dense with meaning.

The imagery draws obvious inspiration from German Expressionism: the sharp angles, bizarre proportions, ambiguous perspectives, and jagged, asymmetrical architecture contribute to the story’s eerie, haunting atmosphere. The characters that populate this surreal setting are likewise twisted—crude figurines of blocky wood and wiry metal, their features vague and indistinct; some are even carved directly into the scenery, indistinguishable from the environments that they inhabit. The implication is clear: in the city of Hamelin, human beings are only as valuable as their labor—synonymous with the goods that they produce or the services that they offer, mere cogs and gears in an all-consuming machine. It’s a nightmarish vision of industry and commerce gone awry—which is, of course, perfectly consistent with the subject matter, a decidedly anticapitalist interpretation of a folk tale that already explored themes of greed, avarice, exploitation, injustice, and karmic retribution.

I could argue that The Pied Piper probably influenced a number of critically acclaimed spiritual successors (including The Wolf House and Phil Tippett's Mad God), but such comparisons honestly feel reductive and superficial; the movie has a wholly unique voice, standing out within its very niche medium. Emotionally resonant and socially conscious in equal measure, I won’t soon forget this poignant animated parable.

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"Krysar" (Jiří Barta, 1986)

Ricordate la leggenda del Pifferaio Magico, nota anche come Pifferaio di Hamelin?

Grazie al suo strumento musicale questo personaggio riuscì a liberare Hamelin da un' invasione di ratti, ma quando non ricevette il compenso promesso si vendicò attirando con il suono del suo piffero tutti i bambini della città rinchiudendoli in una caverna.

Nel 1986 Jiri Barta, un regista ceco crea una rivisitazione della leggenda dal titolo "Krysar", un mediometraggio di 52 minuti. La sua versione si distacca per certi versi dalla leggenda originale ma risulta comunque abbastanza riuscita e convincente. Egli utilizza la tecnica dello stop- motion in maniera magistrale (viene alla mente Svankmajer, altro regista e animatore ceco creatore di opere in stop-motion davvero notevoli) rievocando tra l'altro il cinema espressionista tedesco. Le ambientazioni gotiche e le musiche oscure poi, non fanno altro che rendere quest'opera ancora più affascinante. Un gioiellino ipnotico e davvero particolare che consiglio caldamente.

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Krysař, ("El flautista" / "El cazador de ratas") Una obra maestra de la animación y uno de los más ambiciosos proyectos de…

Jiří Barta's Krysař (The Pied Piper)

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KRYSAR (1986), directed by Jiří Barta.

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MDZS language fest - No prompt, Czech Language

Krysař (Ratcatcher) by Viktor Dyk + paralels between the Ratcatcher and Wei Wuxian.

I couldn’t find the official translation, so I translated it into English myself (so please take the translation with a grain of salt).

1st gif:

Vadí vám vaše city, příteli. Muž, který hloubá, neměl by nikdy míti srdce. || Your feelings hinder you, my friend. A man who ponders, should never have a heart.

2nd gif:

Uvidíte že na ně zhynete. || You will see that you will die because of them.

3rd gif:

Bude vás škoda; bude škoda vaší píšťaly, stvořené k lepším věcem. || You will be pitied; you and your flute, made for better things.

Full quote + paralels under the cut!

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