Well, I don't know if it was ever sold to another country, but these TV-series are one of the greatest products ever made in Holland and if you EVER, EVER get a chance to watch one episode of it, don't hesitate at all, cause you won't regret it. After the children have disappeared with the pied piper, it's end of the story...with a happy return somewhere at the end. But ever wondered what happened and where they went?
The children, and a young couple of folks (the mayor's daughter and her lover among them) who try to prevent the children from joining the pied piper, find themselves in some kind of magical place with many doors. But which one leads back home? When they finally choose one, they end up in a number of adventures with ghosts, gnomes, giants, witches, fairies and the like, all trying hard to help them from returning home. The ugly guys of course try to prevent them from finding that road.
The costumes, the characters, the stories, the decor and even so the simple special effects alone make you never want to wake up from dreaming. But there is also the magic of all the music and songs specially written for this serie. I am 42 writing this, and when I watched this I was around age 10, but the magic still lives on. GREAT export product!!! Should do well after all the special effects hits of the LOTR series!
