The Pied Piper
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.
Year: 1972
Studio: Goodtimes Enterprises, Sagittarius Productions
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Donovan, Diana Dors, Donald Pleasence, Roy Kinnear, John Hurt, Michael Hordern
Crew: Jacques Demy (Director), Jacques Demy (Writer), Peter Suschitzky (Director of Photography), David Puttnam (Producer), Sanford Lieberson (Producer), Andrew Birkin (Writer)
Runtime: 90 minutes
Release: Dec 27, 1972
IMDb: 5.90/10 by 32 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Germany, United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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