72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Pied Piper

Jacques Demy
UK-USA
Synopsis
Summer, 1349. The Black Death ravages Europe. A group of travelling actors is on its way to Hamelin. Along the way they are joined by a minstrel who plays the flute. The rats arrive at Hamelin. The piper offers to free the city from the rats, but once he does it the burgomaster refuses to pay.
Director
Jacques Demy
Screenplay
Andrew Birkin, Jacques Demy, Mark Peploe
Production
David Puttnam, Sanford Lieberson Sagittarius Productions Inc. / Goodtimes Enterprises
Photography
Peter Suschitzky
Edition
John Trumper
Music
Donovan
Cast
Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence, John Hurt, Donovan, Michael Hordern
Running Time
90 m.
Country
UK-USA
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