6.0The Pied Piper · 1972
The Pied Piper (1972) is a Fantasy / Drama film directed by Jacques Demy, starring Donovan, Diana Dors, Donald Pleasence.
FantasyDrama
6.0Overview
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.
Cast
Donovan, Diana Dors, Donald Pleasence, Roy Kinnear, John Hurt, Michael Hordern, Jack Wild, Peter Vaughan
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What is "The Pied Piper" about?
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.
When was "The Pied Piper" released?
The Pied Piper was released in 1972.
Who stars in "The Pied Piper"?
The cast includes Donovan, Diana Dors, Donald Pleasence, Roy Kinnear.
