The Pied Piper
Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.
1972 | 90m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Jacques Demy |
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| Writer: | Jacques Demy, Andrew Birkin, Mark Peploe |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Dec 27, 1972 |
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| Director: | Jacques Demy |
| Writer: | Jacques Demy, Andrew Birkin, Mark Peploe |
| Genres: | Fantasy, Drama |
| Keywords | revenge, witchcraft, based on fairy tale, plague, 14th century, piper |
| Production Companies | Goodtimes Enterprises, Sagittarius Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Donovan | The Pied Piper |
| Diana Dors | Frau Poppendick |
| Donald Pleasence | The Baron |
| Roy Kinnear | Burgermeister Poppendick |
| John Hurt | Franz |
| Michael Hordern | Melius, Alchemist |
| Jack Wild | Gavin |
| Peter Vaughan | Bishop |
| Keith Buckley | Mattio |
| Cathryn Harrison | Lisa |
| Peter Eyre | Pilgrim |
| David Leland | Officer |
| Patsy Puttnam | Helga |
| Arthur Hewlett | Otto |
| Paul Hennen | Karl |
| Michael Goldie | Burger |
| André van Gyseghem | Friar |
| John Falconer | Priest |
| Clive Elliot | Priest |
| Sammie Winmill | Gretel |
| John Welsh | Chancellor |
| David Nettheim | Kulik (as David Netheim) |
| Gertan Klauber | Town Cryer |
| Hamilton Dyce | Papal Nuncio |
| Roger Hammond | Burger |
| Edwin Brown | Burger |
| George Cormack | Burger |
| Mary MacLeod | Maidservant (as Mary McLeod) |
| Harry Fielder | Flunky (uncredited) |
| Sacha Puttnam | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| Fred Wood | Burger (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jacques Demy | Director, Writer |
| Andrew Birkin | Writer |
| Donovan | Music |
| Peter Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Mary Gibson | Wardrobe Master |
| Mark Peploe | Writer |
| John Trumper | Editor |
| Assheton Gorton | Production Design |
| Evangeline Harrison | Costume Designer |
| Alan Bell | Sound |
| Doug Turner | Sound |
| Tony Jackson | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| David Puttnam | Producer |
| Sanford Lieberson | Producer |
| Gavrik Losey | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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