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The Pied Piper

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.

1972 |1h 30m |  Fantasy, Drama

Cast

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Donovan

The Pied Piper

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Diana Dors

Frau Poppendick

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Donald Pleasence

The Baron

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Roy Kinnear

Burgermeister Poppendick

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John Hurt

Franz

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Michael Hordern

Melius, Alchemist

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Jack Wild

Gavin

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Peter Vaughan

Bishop

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Keith Buckley

Mattio

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Cathryn Harrison

Lisa

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Peter Eyre

Pilgrim

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Patsy Puttnam

Helga

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Arthur Hewlett

Otto

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André van Gyseghem

Friar

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John Welsh

Chancellor

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David Nettheim

Kulik (as David Netheim)

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Hamilton Dyce

Papal Nuncio

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Roger Hammond

Burger

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Fred Wood

Burger (uncredited)

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Status

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Language

English

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