pied piper

he Pied Piper is first spotted working magic in Hamelin by a disabled boy, Paul, and playing his signature tune “[[In the Hall of the Mountain King]].” Paul tells his best friend, the schoolteacher Truson (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the Piper), who is skeptical.

The town of [[Hamelin]] has entered into a competition between several villages in order to win a banner from the king. The mayor exhorts the people, even the children, to work incessantly to build a clocktower to the extent that the children are denied school and play. Truson protests to no avail. As part of the competition, the mayor and his cabinet plan to cast golden [[chimes]] for the clocktower in order to impress the king’s emissary, who is due to pay a visit to Hamelin. However, their efforts are temporarily halted when the town is invaded by rats, which have fled the neighboring city of Hamelout after the [[Weser River]] flooded and destroyed the town.

The Piper magically appears before the mayor and his councilors. Asking to be paid all the money in the town’s treasury, he offers to rid the town of its rats. Whenever the Piper plays a happy song for the children, only Truson and the children can hear it. When he plays “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and leads the rats to their doom in the river, the children quickly fall asleep and only the materialistic adults such as the mayor, but not Truson, can hear the music.

The Piper has rid the town of its rats, but rather than simply paying him, the mayor and his cabinet attempt to trick him into signing an agreement whereby, among other legalistic trickery, he must deposit money to guarantee that the rats will not return. Furious, the Piper leaves without his money and the mayor plots to use the gold to construct the chimes. Truson, who is in love with the mayor’s daughter Mara, is thrown in jail for speaking out against the injustice. The mayor plans to marry Mara to the king’s emissary, but the Piper takes his revenge: playing a happy variation on “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” he leads the children of Hamelin away into a beautiful kingdom concealed in a cave that magically opens for the children. Paul is accidentally left behind after falling, and the cave closes before he can pass through.

The town’s leaders attempt to recover the children by blasting the mountain with cannon fire, and when this fails the mayor scapegoats Truson, using his resemblance to the Piper as one excuse, but this too fails when Truson appeals to the people. The mayor is deposed and Truson is chosen as the new mayor. He and Paul prepare to deliver money to help the refugee population of Hamelout, but before they depart Truson leads the town in silent prayer. Suddenly the sound of the Piper’s pipe is heard. The Piper sets the children free, and Truson is magically gifted with the Piper’s pipe, which he gives to the repentant former new Mayor. who is now the pied piper of Hamelin the ex mayor waves his thanks
Musical Adaptation: The film adapts the classic tale into a musical, using Grieg’s music with new lyrics.
Plot Summary: The story follows the Pied Piper, who rids Hamelin of rats but is denied payment, leading to his revenge where he lures the children away.
Resolution: Truson, resembling the Piper, becomes the new mayor after the original mayor’s downfall as a reward , and the Piper stayed with the old mayor without his chain
Historical Context: The film, aired in 1957, was part of a trend of televised musical fantasy specials for children duringlyrics by Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor1.
Plot Overview: It tells the story of the Pied Piper, who frees Hamelin from rats but is cheated out of his payment, leading him to take revenge by leading the children away.
Film’s Significance: Aired in 1957, it was one of the first films on television to use Technicolor and was part of a series of musical fantasy specials for children2.
Resolution: In the end, Truson, who looks like the Piper, is made the new mayor, and the children are freed when the Piper hears the town’s silent prayer3. The repentant former mayor is left with the Piper’s pipe as a token of forgiveness becomes the town crierCopilot
The 1957 televised musical fantasy film “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” is indeed a significant piece of television history. It was one of the first films to be broadcast on television using Technicolor, marking a departure from the live family specials of the era1. The film is based on the famous poem by Robert Browning and incorporates the music of Edvard Grieg, with new lyrics by Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor1.

The plot revolves around the classic tale of the Pied Piper, who rids the town of Hamelin of a rat infestation. However, when the town’s mayor refuses to pay him for his services, the Piper takes a drastic measure as revenge—he leads the children of Hamelin away with his enchanting music1.

In terms of its resolution, the film concludes with Truson, a character who bears a striking resemblance to the Piper, becoming the new mayor. The children are eventually freed when the Piper responds to the silent prayers of the townspeople. The remorseful former mayor is left with the Piper’s pipe as a symbol of forgiveness and takes on the role of the town crier then Copilot
The 1957 televised musical fantasy film “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” is indeed a significant piece of television history. It was one of the first films to be broadcast on television using Technicolor, marking a departure from the live family specials of the era1. The film is based on the famous poem by Robert Browning and incorporates the music of Edvard Grieg, with new lyrics by Hal Stanley and Irving Taylor1.