MOVIE

Liedjes uit Hamelen

1975 · 49 min · Music · Family

Registration of a live concert with songs from the Dutch children's television series from the 1970s 'Kunt U Mij de Weg naar Hamelen Vertellen, Meneer?'. The song are sung by the actors, with the Metropole Orkest. The serie is based on the fairy tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", and it tells what happened with the children after they disappeared from this German town. When The Piedpiper solves the rat problem in the town of Hamelin The Mayor refuses to pay him his gold so out of revenge he disappears with all the children of the town and four adults, the alternate reality they find themselves in adventures with flying pumpkins and carpets, mud fighting princes, dwarfs and witches, a love elixir, Wensela's melting ice palace and a lot more. The show featured over 120 songs, written by Joop Stokkermans (music) and Harrie Geelen (lyrics), who also wrote the story and dialogues.