"One of cinema's most memorable achievements. The strange world Barta manifests to the viewer in Krysar is both dark and astonishing. Other than the rats which invade the town, the film is performed exclusively by puppets moved by means of stop motion animation. While these puppets are sometimes roughly carved, they are all well conceived and remarkably affecting. Many exude a peculiar cruelty, and most are, at least, vaguely sinister... Even the world beyond the town is different from our own. Barta has set Hamelin before grim painted backdrops which constantly remind the viewer that he is an observer of events which are occurring on a stage, not in some distant land. The effect the director achieves with these various devices is at once visually remarkable and surprisingly affecting." - Keith Allen, Movierapture