Horror premiere in Hameln: The rat truck returns!

Horror premiere in Hameln: The rat truck returns!

Hameln, Deutschland - in Hameln the audience in the Maxx cinema went into ecstasy on Wednesday evening when the ZDFNEO series "Hameln-The Return of the Pied Piper" celebrated its highly expected premiere. Tickets had secured the crowds of committed spectators to experience the cast, including the well -known actress Florence Kasumba in the role of a doctor. During the event, Kasumba reported laughing about her preparations for the mainstream series, while Caroline Hartig, the main actress, praised the influence of the backdrop in the historical city on the ambience of the series. Spectators experienced in the gloomy atmosphere how the scary began while filming when the actors worked "in the dark forest with creepy -painted children", as they revealed.

a gripping comeback

The exciting new series is based on the most famous German saga, in which around 130 children from Hameln disappeared in 1284. Now, almost eight centuries later, the pied piper moves back into the city and brings gray and secrets with himself. Rainer Matsutani, the show runner and director, explains that the idea of ​​reinterpreting the uncanny legend was particularly appealing. He assured that the spectators can expect a real scary, even if the series is more in a psychological horror genre and bloody scenes will be limited.

In the first two episodes, the spectators cheered about the impressive aerial photographs of Hameln and felt the thrilling moments, which were created by the clever frightness effects. "You have rarely seen Hameln so beautiful," said an enthusiastic viewer. The first two episodes of the series will be broadcast in the ZDF media library from December 30th and on the same evening at ZDFneo. The filming took place between Berlin, Cologne and the secret rat finger city and ended on December 8, 2023.

"The return of the pieder" offers a modern narrative style and integrates current topics, whereby the focus is also on the focus of the deaf character Jannik by the deaf Constantin Keller. The premiere not only marks the start of an exciting series, but also opens up the possibility of a possible sequel if the audience wants to learn more. The studios and producers are certain that the mixture of historical myth and contemporary horror internationally, as has recently been announced, will be addressed by realfilm-berlin.de .

The enthusiasm for this new interpretation of the pieder saga appears with every palpitator that the audience experiences while looking. Every moment of horror is another piece of the mosaic, which presents Hameln in a new light, and makes the series an exciting novelty on German television, as well as dewezet.de reported.