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The Pied Piper

1933 film by Wilfred Jackson
Movie animated_short_film Q3522236
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Summary

The Pied Piper is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (634 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Wilfred Jackson[4]
  • Screenwriter: Webb Smith[5], Ted Sears[6]
  • Composer: Leigh Harline[7]
  • Genre: children's film[8], animated cartoon[9]
  • Follows: Lullaby Land[10]
  • Followed by: The Night Before Christmas[11]
  • Producer: Walt Disney[12]
  • Part of the series: Silly Symphony[13]
  • Production company: The Walt Disney Company[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[16]
  • Color: color[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1933[19]
  • Distributed by: United Artists[20], Disney+[21]
  • Title: The Pied Piper[22]
  • Duration: 7 minutes[23]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[24]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[25]
  • Film crew member: Albert Hurter[26]
  • Storyboard artist: Ferdinand Horvath[27]
  • P14449: 182189[28]

Why It Matters

The Pied Piper has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

What awards did The Pied Piper receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

The Walt Disney Company United States Walt Disney

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: The 1930's (2015 Chronicle Books ed.). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: The 1930's (2015 Chronicle Books ed.). wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema film id → 406489
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv']
    Followed by → The Night Before Christmas
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Allcinema film id: 406489, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1792470649573"
  2. 25d ago · ערן · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Lullaby Land
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Follows: Lullaby Land, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/c24e7265e03e|details]])"
  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 107876
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 107876, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269267|batch #269267]]"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → traditional animation
    Part of series → —
    Aliases → —
    Film crew member → Albert Hurter
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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