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The Pied Piper (1972)

The Pied Piper (1972)

Drama Fantasy

Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.

Release Date: 1972, December 27
Directors: Jacques Demy
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
Production: Goodtimes Enterprises, Goodtimes Enterprises, Sagittarius Productions, Sagittarius Productions
Cast: John Hurt, Harry Fielder, Fred Wood, Donald Pleasence, Peter Eyre, Peter Vaughan, Roy Kinnear, Michael Hordern, Roger Hammond, Gertan Klauber, Jack Wild, Michael Goldie

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

revenge witchcraft based on fairy tale plague 14th century piper