The Pied Piper
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The Pied Piper is a 1972 British musical fantasy film directed by Jacques Demy and starring Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence and John Hurt and featuring Donovan (who also composed music for the film) and Diana Dors.
Dec 17, 1972 · The Pied Piper: Directed by Jacques Demy. With Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen. In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's ...
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- Drama, Fantasy, Musical
- Jacques Demy
- 1972-12-17
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.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. A caravan of performers travels to Hamelin, Germany, to celebrate the marriage of Franz (John Hurt) to the burgomaster's ailing...
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- Jacques Demy
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- Donovan
The Pied Piper. Directed by Jacques Demy • 1972 • United Kingdom, United States. Starring Donovan, Diana Dors, Donald Pleasence. The classic story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin comes to life courtesy of French New Wave magician Jacques Demy.
Feb 2, 2007 · The Pied Piper eschews the romanticism of Robert Browning's poem and returns to the grim Grimm Brothers source. Pop singer Donovan plays the 14th century piper hired by a duplicitous burgomaster (Donald Pleasence) to rid the town of Hamelin of its rats.
Year: 1972. Original title: The Pied Piper. Synopsis: The story of the Pied Piper who gets rid of the town of Hamelin’s rats, reveals a gripping story of evil in the Middle-Ages, a time when millions of people across Europe died of the plague.
