The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper by Jacques Demy

5.90

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.

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Cast

Donovan

Donovan as The Pied Piper

Diana Dors

Diana Dors as Frau Poppendick

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence as The Baron

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear as Burgermeister Poppendick

John Hurt

John Hurt as Franz

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern as Melius, Alchemist

Jack Wild

Jack Wild as Gavin

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan as Bishop

Keith Buckley

Keith Buckley as Mattio

Cathryn Harrison

Cathryn Harrison as Lisa

Peter Eyre

Peter Eyre as Pilgrim

David Leland

David Leland as Officer

Patsy Puttnam

Patsy Puttnam as Helga

Arthur Hewlett

Arthur Hewlett as Otto

Paul Hennen

Paul Hennen as Karl

Michael Goldie

Michael Goldie as Burger

André van Gyseghem

André van Gyseghem as Friar

John Falconer

John Falconer as Priest

Clive Elliot

Clive Elliot as Priest

Sammie Winmill

Sammie Winmill as Gretel

John Welsh

John Welsh as Chancellor

David Nettheim

David Nettheim as Kulik (as David Netheim)

Gertan Klauber

Gertan Klauber as Town Cryer

Hamilton Dyce

Hamilton Dyce as Papal Nuncio

Roger Hammond

Roger Hammond as Burger

Edwin Brown

Edwin Brown as Burger

George Cormack

George Cormack as Burger

Mary MacLeod

Mary MacLeod as Maidservant (as Mary McLeod)

Harry Fielder

Harry Fielder as Flunky (uncredited)

Sacha Puttnam

Sacha Puttnam as Little Boy (uncredited)

Fred Wood

Fred Wood as Burger (uncredited)

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