19 December 1918 Fantasy 69 mins
A traveler comes into a town overrun with rats and vermin. He promises to free the place of the pests and names his price. When the townspeople refuse to pay him after he has done what he promised, he plays his tune again with consequences. This film survives in incomplete/fragmentary form.
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Wilhelm Diegelmann as Bürgermeister (Mayor)
Elsa Wagner as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Lyda Salmonova as Ursula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
Märte Rassow as Märte
Jakob Tiedtke as Ratsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
Armin Schweizer as Magerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
Paul Wegener as Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
Clemens Kaufung as Schinderknecht
Hans Sturm as Henker (Hangman)
Paul Wegener Director
Paul Wegener Writer
Lotte Reiniger Title Designer
Rochus Gliese Production Design
Frederik Fuglsang Director of Photography
Paul Davidson Producer
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