The Pied Piper

1942
1h 27m

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Anne Baxter, Roddy McDowall, and Monty Woolley in The Pied Piper (1942)

While traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.While traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.While traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.

Director
- Irving Pichel
Writers
- Nunnally Johnson
- Nevil Shute
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7.0/10

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Director
- Irving Pichel
Writers
- Nunnally Johnson
- Nevil Shute
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
The original fairy tale was based on the disappearance of the children of the Dutch - not German - village of Hamelin. Although at the time they were thought to have vanished magically, it is now believed that the children left to join one of the Children's Crusades and were taken into slavery.

Goofs
The seven-year-old German girl near the very end of the movie (at c.1:18 and at c.1:21) speaks German with a distinct American accent.

Quotes
Howard: I have two small children!
Railroad official: At your age, monsieur, that is undoubtedly magnificent!

Connections
Featured in Minute Movie Masterpieces (1989)

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10/10

I Saw this Movie on ''Dialing for Dollars" years Ago!

I happened to be only 9 yrs old when I saw this movie for the first and only time in 1967 in Novato, CA ....Even I could understand it at that age...The 2 scenes I remember best were when Woolley's character: 1. ...Asked the Nazi officer if they've captured "him yet". The officer asks: "Who?", and Woolley replies firmly: "Hitler". Officer replies back in the negative, then Woolley defiantly but bravely yells back: ''BAHH!", then strides out of the officer's room. 2...Is brought another stray child to his group by someone unknown. A woman in Woolley's group tries to speak to the child to find out more. The child replies in an unknown language. Then the womans exclaims: "That sounds like Dutch!" (The reason I remember this so much is at age 9 I was shocked to see a war scene of an orphaned child speaking a foreign language. Where were the parents?, I thought. They must have been killed...)