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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. It is loosely based on the legend of the Pied Piper.
Dec 17, 1972 · 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 children away.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Musical
- Jacques Demy
- 1972-12-17
Jun 12, 2017 · One slightly lesser known film adaptation of the story would be the 1972 film, The Pied Piper, directed by French film-maker Jacques Demy, best known for the musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. The film stars iconic 60’s folk-rock flower-child Donov an as the pied piper, who fits the role exceptionally well.
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.
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.
A caravan of performers travels to Hamelin, Germany, to celebrate the marriage of Franz (John Hurt) to the burgomaster's ailing daughter, Lisa (Cathryn Harrison). Fearing that they carry the ...
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- Fantasy
- G
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Though ostensibly marketed to family audiences with a G rating, The Pied Piper is an uncharacteristically grim and brutal offering from Goodtimes Enterprises, a UK-based production company during the 1970s whose films like Performance, Lisztomania, and That'll Be the Day were largely conceived as star vehicles for music performers. The big name ...
