The Pied Piper
# Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.
π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1972-12-27
β Running Time:
90 mins
β Vote Average:
5.9
Beloved Cast
The Pied Piper
Donovan
Frau Poppendick
Diana Dors
The Baron
Donald Pleasence
Burgermeister Poppendick
Roy Kinnear
Franz
John Hurt
Melius, Alchemist
Michael Hordern
Gavin
Jack Wild
Bishop
Peter Vaughan
Mattio
Keith Buckley
Lisa
Cathryn Harrison
Pilgrim
Peter Eyre
Officer
David Leland
Helga
Patsy Puttnam
Otto
Arthur Hewlett
Karl
Paul Hennen
Burger
Michael Goldie
Friar
AndrΓ© van Gyseghem
Priest
John Falconer
Priest
Clive Elliot
Gretel
Sammie Winmill
Chancellor
John Welsh
Kulik (as David Netheim)
David Nettheim
Town Cryer
Gertan Klauber
Papal Nuncio
Hamilton Dyce
Burger
Roger Hammond
Burger
Edwin Brown
Burger
George Cormack
Maidservant (as Mary McLeod)
Mary MacLeod
Flunky (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
Little Boy (uncredited)
Sacha Puttnam
Burger (uncredited)
Fred Wood