The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul WegenerDirector
- Paul WegenerWriter
Cast
- Wilhelm DiegelmannBürgermeister (Mayor)
- Elsa WagnerFrau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
- Lyda SalmonovaUrsula, Tochter des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Daughter)
- Märte RassowMärte
- Jakob TiedtkeRatsapotheker (Council Pharmacist)
- Armin SchweizerMagerer Ratsherr (Skinny Councilor)
- Paul WegenerFahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
- Clemens KaufungSchinderknecht
- Hans SturmHenker (Hangman)