The Pied Piper (1972)
Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.
86 min
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.
- Release date
- December 27, 1972
- Country of origin
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Cast
- Keith Buckley as Mattio
- Patsy Puttnam as Helga
- Arthur Hewlett as Otto
- Paul Hennen as Karl
- Peter Eyre as Pilgrim
- Donovan as Piper
- John Hurt as Franz
- David Leland as Officer
- Michael Hordern as Melius
- Jack Wild as Gavin
Crew
- Jacques Demy · Director
- Andrew Birkin · Writer
- Jacques Demy · Writer
- Mark Peploe · Writer
- Sanford Lieberson · Producer
- David Puttnam · Producer
- Donovan · Composer
- Peter Suschitzky · Cinematographer
- John Trumper · Editor
- Mary Selway · Casting director
- Assheton Gorton · Production designer