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Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
DonovanThe Pied Piper
Diana DorsFrau Poppendick
Donald PleasenceThe Baron
Roy KinnearBurgermeister Poppendick
John HurtFranz
Michael HordernMelius, Alchemist
Jack WildGavin
Peter VaughanBishop
Keith BuckleyMattio
Cathryn HarrisonLisa
Peter EyrePilgrim
David LelandOfficerExplore the crew
- Director
- Jacques Demy
- Writer
- Jacques Demy
- Director of Photography
- Peter Suschitzky
- Producer
- Sanford Lieberson
- Producer
- David Puttnam
- Writer
- Andrew Birkin
- Writer
- Mark Peploe
- Editor
- John Trumper