The Pied Piper (1972)
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.
Director: Jacques Demy
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Donovan as The Pied Piper |
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Diana Dors as Frau Poppendick |
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Donald Pleasence as The Baron |
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Roy Kinnear as Burgermeister Poppendick |
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John Hurt as Franz |
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Michael Hordern as Melius, Alchemist |
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Jack Wild as Gavin |
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Peter Vaughan as Bishop |
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Keith Buckley as Mattio |
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Cathryn Harrison as Lisa |
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Peter Eyre as Pilgrim |
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David Leland as Officer |
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Patsy Puttnam as Helga |
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Arthur Hewlett as Otto |
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Paul Hennen as Karl |
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Michael Goldie as Burger |
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André van Gyseghem as Friar |
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John Falconer as Priest |
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Clive Elliot as Priest |
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Sammie Winmill as Gretel |
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John Welsh as Chancellor |
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David Nettheim as Kulik (as David Netheim) |
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Gertan Klauber as Town Cryer |
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Hamilton Dyce as Papal Nuncio |
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Roger Hammond as Burger |
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Edwin Brown as Burger |
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George Cormack as Burger |
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Mary MacLeod as Maidservant (as Mary McLeod) |
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Harry Fielder as Flunky (uncredited) |
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Sacha Puttnam as Little Boy (uncredited) |
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Fred Wood as Burger (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jacques Demy | Director |
| Writing | Jacques Demy | Writer |
| Camera | Peter Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alan Bell | Sound |
| Production | Sanford Lieberson | Producer |
| Sound | Tony Jackson | Sound |
| Production | David Puttnam | Producer |
| Writing | Andrew Birkin | Writer |
| Production | Gavrik Losey | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evangeline Harrison | Costume Designer |
| Writing | Mark Peploe | Writer |
| Editing | John Trumper | Editor |
| Art | Assheton Gorton | Production Design |
| Sound | Donovan | Music |
| Sound | Doug E. Turner | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Gibson | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | John Lundsten | Sound Assistant |
