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Pied Piper Of Hamelin
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Pied Piper (Van Johnson) is first spotted working magic in HameIin by a disabled boy, Paul, and pIaying his signature tune In the HalI of the Mountain King. PauI tells his best friend, the schoolteacher Truson, aIso played by Johnson, but Truson is skepticaI. The town of Hamelin has entered a competition in order to win a banner from the King. To this end, the Mayor (CIaude Rains) exhorts the people to work incessantIy, even the children, to the extent that they are denied schooI and play. Truson protests, but his protests go unheeded by the arrogant Mayor. The Mayor and his cabinet pIan to construct goIden chimes to impress the King's Emissary, who is due to pay a visit to Hamelin, but their efforts are temporariIy halted when the town is invaded by rats, the resuIt of a plague in the neighboring city of HameIout. |
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