The Pied Piper 1972
5.90/10 by 31 users
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.
- Title: The Pied Piper
- Year: 1972
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama
- Country: Germany, United Kingdom
- 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), Alan Bell (Sound), Sanford Lieberson (Producer), Tony Jackson (Sound)
- Keyword: revenge, witchcraft, based on fairy tale, plague, 14th century, piper
- Release: Dec 27, 1972
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- IMDb: 5.90 / 10 by 31 users
- Popularity: 5
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: English
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