Such a great short. That's Robert Hardy of "All Creatures great & Small" and now "Harry Potter" fame narrating. "Long Ago & Far Away" was an amazing collection of fantastic productions. Thanks for uploading!
Oh, I've been trying to find this for probably 20 years. I could never find it again. I so enjoyed it when I was a kid. It was a wonderful story and the music so beautiful... I surely am grateful you put it here.
I remember this video. I was captured by its poetry, the artistry of the animation, its overall CREEPY charm, so much like that of "The Sandman", another animation that kept to the original Germanic story.
This Film is simply so AWESOME a fantastic piece of work! I remember it used to scare me when I was a little kid and even now it is quite a piece of stop motion horror. 5 gigantic stars from me and 5 for AARONT596 for uploading this masterpiece.
Yes, RIP! I'm sad to report that Cosgrove Hall Films ceased operations for good on October of last year. ITV shut it down and the location where the studios once were was sold in 2009 to a housing development company in order to build retirement flats there(!). This is a most tragic end to an animation studio that was the biggest and most reputed in the UK during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s! I will never forget shows like 'Count Duckula' and especially 'The Wind in the Willows.'
Great video, however the original version from the 15th century does not include rats in the story, it is about the disappearing of many Children of Hamelin in Germany. kinda macabre history when you think about, yet I love it!
first off tv is more "childrens entertainment" because tv is easier to access than movies for small children. Second, this is inventive not due to the premise, but its technical execution. Stop motion looks cooler than CG...
Some time ago I saw a program on the Discovery channel about myth's and legends and there is quite a lot of historians who claim that this story really did happen in Hamelin in real life, only there the children was not taken into a mountain but was taken deep into the woods and killed by the Piper and his followers.
its not the last kid...if you're referring to the kid in the beginning. i think the beginning takes place in modern times and he's just telling the story
The von Spiegelberg brothers saw to the eradication of pagan dancing rites performed on the heights of the Oberberg (earlier the Coppan) in 1284. Calvary is also named as the destination of the children but to the medieval mind Calvary connoted a place of execution .. Browning obviously interpreted Calvary in a positive sense as the place of the Crucifixion, a point well understood by the producers of this video as a white cross appears where the children are led into the mountain.
True. I also think the fact that so many agree with BilalMir1982 so readily indicates the trend is not a decline in the creativity, but instead a decline in the grasp of those percieving the creations of our time. Furthermore, BM1982's statement supposes that the time this was made was "the age of creative, intelligent children's entertainment". Since there was just as much mindless entertainment at that time, his comment is really just snobbish sentimentalism, and does not warrant attention.
Funny, I don't find this story creepy or scary at all... perhaps he's some sort of angel taking the children away from such horrible town infested with such vile creatures... and I don't mean the rats. Still the music is wonderful. .. and he does return to check on the last kid.
I had this on video as a kid (betamax lol) and it's weird watching it now cos I didn't realise at the time that he was bad...I always thought he was saving the kids for some reason and I felt sorry for the little boy that was left out :S Watching it now is frightening!
W&G is still being created today, although it's not as popular as some mainstream entertainment. Also, I doubt the main reason CG is used is because it's "cheap and fast". Do you really think that when a team of creatives is deciding on what medium to use for a movie like WALL-E, they only choose CG over SM or classic animation because CG is cheaper and faster? And, surely, you mean you couldn't care less?
Hey, different people like different things and if trends in entertainment didn't change people would complain that no-one was original anymore and I definitely believe some of the things today are nothing like their precursors. Please respect that not everyone is 100% like you. I for one think Adventure Time is delightfully silly and inventive but I don't care if others disagree. And also, I doubt anyone else would consider this made for children.
Wallace and Gromit was not created today. That was made in the 90s. CG is used predominately because its cheap and fast - although thats not some hard rule - sure there is some interesting stuff, in all honesty no medium is "bad." And I could care less what a kid in 2012 cares haha.
Your opinion that SM looks cooler than CG is just an opinion. Most kids nowadays would disagree with you, so you're quite naive if you think that a lack of inventiveness is the reason more kids TV is animated and CG instead of SM. Also, there is cool SM is being created today, such as Wallace and Gromit. The problem is that SM isn't very popular, and doesn't sell, which goes back to point I made yesterday about the "decline in the grasp of those percieving the creations of our time".
I'm not sure you do, if you still say that regardless of it. Also, you're changing the original point made, which was about that age being one of creative intelligent children's entertainment. You're focusing on TV, and that change in its quality inventiveness. This statement is merely more completely worthless sentimentalism. How about Dexter's Laboratory, or Samurai Jack, both quite inventive. And, how was this Pied Piper, a very old story, inventive, exactly?
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I loved Long Ago and Far Away as a kid, but this particular episode terrified me. I'm still scared of the Pied Piper.
Such a great short. That's Robert Hardy of "All Creatures great & Small" and now "Harry Potter" fame narrating.
"Long Ago & Far Away" was an amazing collection of fantastic productions. Thanks for uploading!
Oh, I've been trying to find this for probably 20 years. I could never find it again. I so enjoyed it when I was a kid. It was a wonderful story and the music so beautiful... I surely am grateful you put it here.
Makes me miss my childhood so much. Beautiful stories. I use to love this and Jim Henson's Storyteller. Memories.
Saw it Christmas 1984 on the BBC during a trip to London. We get to watch Wiz of Oz each year...they get to watch this incredible stuff!
thank you very much for putting this on here. i've never seen it before, but it's probably one of the coolest animated short films i've ever seen.
I was 70's kid. Only recently did I find these programs. As an adult I found them well made and enjoyable.
I remember this video. I was captured by its poetry, the artistry of the animation, its overall CREEPY charm, so much like that of "The Sandman", another animation that kept to the original Germanic story.
"Long Ago & Far Away" needs to be released on DVD already...
This Film is simply so AWESOME a fantastic
piece of work!
I remember it used to scare me when I was a little kid and even now it is quite a piece of
stop motion horror.
5 gigantic stars from me and 5 for AARONT596
for uploading this masterpiece.
Yes, RIP! I'm sad to report that Cosgrove Hall Films ceased operations for good on October of last year. ITV shut it down and the location where the studios once were was sold in 2009 to a housing development company in order to build retirement flats there(!). This is a most tragic end to an animation studio that was the biggest and most reputed in the UK during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s! I will never forget shows like 'Count Duckula' and especially 'The Wind in the Willows.'
For those wondering, this is the 1981 British television version, www.imdb.com/title/tt0437425/
Great video, however the original version from the 15th century does not include rats in the story, it is about the disappearing of many Children of Hamelin in Germany. kinda macabre history when you think about, yet I love it!
Hahahaha. Yep,Adventure Time is pretty cool. I also quite enjoy Errie,Indiana. Some of the Goose Bumps and Haunting Hour have fun too.
R.I.P. The age of creative, intelligent children's entertainment.
Yus! I really agree about the opening! I likes it as I always go to Cathedral service in Ely and heard such a style of music and I sing the hymn!
I used to watch a vhs of this on my days off as a child ,I bet tim burtons seen this a fair few times aswell
I see your point, but I grew up in the eighties and television from then compared to now - the quality and inventiveness has dwindled significantly.
Goose Bumps! 90s kids for life. Respect.
the pied piper reminds me of naruto that changed everyone. with his own skills that is.
This was one of my favorite episodes of Long Ago and Far Away next to "Pegesus"
A lot of childhoods are in this video, including mine.
first off tv is more "childrens entertainment" because tv is easier to access than movies for small children. Second, this is inventive not due to the premise, but its technical execution. Stop motion looks cooler than CG...
Ah, this is really interesting! I don't have time to watch the rest tonight, but I'll be back!
I'm digging on this music.
o my god memory rush of my childhood :)
brilliant work and a bit borderline creepy!
And I chiefly use my charm on creatures that do people harm. The mole, and toad, and newt, and viper. And people call me: "THE PIED PIPER!"
Some time ago I saw a program on the Discovery
channel about myth's and legends and there is
quite a lot of historians who claim that this
story really did happen in Hamelin in real life,
only there the children was not taken into a mountain but was taken deep into the woods and
killed by the Piper and his followers.
That's probably why he slammed the cave door before the cripple got through. He didn't fancy him.
i have to say this is my favourite version
wonder if anyone has -or if there is- the soundtrack, as the music is excellent
It has certain progressive rock vibes.
its not the last kid...if you're referring to the kid in the beginning. i think the beginning takes place in modern times and he's just telling the story
The von Spiegelberg brothers saw to the eradication of pagan dancing rites performed on the heights of the Oberberg (earlier the Coppan) in 1284. Calvary is also named as the destination of the children but to the medieval mind Calvary connoted a place of execution .. Browning obviously interpreted Calvary in a positive sense as the place of the Crucifixion, a point well understood by the producers of this video as a white cross appears where the children are led into the mountain.
Imagine that, a town with rats, where everyone in it talks in rhyme, a chance to visit I would like, if only even for a short time.
True. I also think the fact that so many agree with BilalMir1982 so readily indicates the trend is not a decline in the creativity, but instead a decline in the grasp of those percieving the creations of our time. Furthermore, BM1982's statement supposes that the time this was made was "the age of creative, intelligent children's entertainment". Since there was just as much mindless entertainment at that time, his comment is really just snobbish sentimentalism, and does not warrant attention.
i find this creepy but i love the story.
Funny, I don't find this story creepy or scary at all... perhaps he's some sort of angel taking the children away from such horrible town infested with such vile creatures... and I don't mean the rats.
Still the music is wonderful.
.. and he does return to check on the last kid.
It sounds like the "Romance" (second movement) from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite. Can anyone else confirm this?
8:35 OMG, Legolas' meth addict lost brother!
The music at the beginning sounds a bit like a church hymn.
I had this on video as a kid (betamax lol) and it's weird watching it now cos I didn't realise at the time that he was bad...I always thought he was saving the kids for some reason and I felt sorry for the little boy that was left out :S Watching it now is frightening!
W&G is still being created today, although it's not as popular as some mainstream entertainment. Also, I doubt the main reason CG is used is because it's "cheap and fast". Do you really think that when a team of creatives is deciding on what medium to use for a movie like WALL-E, they only choose CG over SM or classic animation because CG is cheaper and faster?
And, surely, you mean you couldn't care less?
Love this movie ... it's creepy ...but in a good way.
Hey, different people like different things and if trends in entertainment didn't change people would complain that no-one was original anymore and I definitely believe some of the things today are nothing like their precursors.
Please respect that not everyone is 100% like you. I for one think Adventure Time is delightfully silly and inventive but I don't care if others disagree.
And also, I doubt anyone else would consider this made for children.
I think this is the reason I am a goth!
Check out my videos for other videos from the Long Ago and Far Away series
Even greater respect!
Dude, have you seen WALL-E?
@SmellyApearms
Man I LOVE that song! XD
dude... you so friggen rule for this...
Wallace and Gromit was not created today. That was made in the 90s. CG is used predominately because its cheap and fast - although thats not some hard rule - sure there is some interesting stuff, in all honesty no medium is "bad." And I could care less what a kid in 2012 cares haha.
The Pied piper played them fools
we hardly knew it.
Hey whats the radiohead song about this?
Why has this video 1 dislike? I smell a rat.
@highlytrainedmonkees Harry Potter is awesome :T
Make that entertainment in general....
Your opinion that SM looks cooler than CG is just an opinion. Most kids nowadays would disagree with you, so you're quite naive if you think that a lack of inventiveness is the reason more kids TV is animated and CG instead of SM. Also, there is cool SM is being created today, such as Wallace and Gromit. The problem is that SM isn't very popular, and doesn't sell, which goes back to point I made yesterday about the "decline in the grasp of those percieving the creations of our time".
@BilalMir1982 i feel your pain brother
scary
I'm not sure you do, if you still say that regardless of it. Also, you're changing the original point made, which was about that age being one of creative intelligent children's entertainment. You're focusing on TV, and that change in its quality inventiveness. This statement is merely more completely worthless sentimentalism. How about Dexter's Laboratory, or Samurai Jack, both quite inventive. And, how was this Pied Piper, a very old story, inventive, exactly?
Why has this video 1 dislike? I smell a rat.