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The Pied Piper poster
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Average
MASTER SCORE 52.1 / 100
1972·Drama / Fantasy / Musical·1h 26m

THE PIED PIPER

“Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.”

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.

Above the Line
Jacques Demy·DirectorJacques Demy·WriterAndrew Birkin·WriterPeter Suschitzky·Director of PhotographyDonovan·MusicJohn Trumper·Editor
Cast
Donovan·The Pied PiperDiana Dors·Frau PoppendickDonald Pleasence·The BaronRoy Kinnear·Burgermeister PoppendickJohn Hurt·FranzMichael Hordern·Melius, AlchemistJack Wild·GavinPeter Vaughan·BishopKeith Buckley·MattioCathryn Harrison·Lisa
Full Crew
(17 credits)
Directing· 1
Jacques Demy·Director
Writing· 3
Jacques Demy·WriterAndrew Birkin·WriterMark Peploe·Writer
Camera· 1
Peter Suschitzky·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
John Trumper·Editor
Sound & Music· 5
Donovan·MusicAlan Bell·SoundTony Jackson·SoundDoug E. Turner·SoundJohn Lundsten·Sound Assistant
Art & Design· 2
Assheton Gorton·Production DesignEvangeline Harrison·Costume Designer
Production· 3
Sanford Lieberson·ProducerDavid Puttnam·ProducerGavrik Losey·Associate Producer
Other Departments· 1
Mary Gibson·Wardrobe Master
By the Numbers
52.1
OF 100
Master Score
6.3
OF 10
IMDb
44%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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