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About the Film

Year

1972

Rating

G

Genre

Drama / Horror

Running Time

90 MIN

Synopsis

Based on Robert Browning's poem about the horrors of the plague in the middle ages and of one town's deal with the Pied Piper to get rid of the rats that carried the disease. But the town has a moral disease worse than the plague.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Donovan

The Piper

Jack Wild

Gavin

John Hurt

Franz

Diana Dors

Frau Poppendick

Donald Pleasence

The Baron

Michael Hordern

Melius, Alchemist

About the Crew

Director

Jacques Demy

Producer

Sanford Lieberson

Producer

David Puttnam

Writer

Jacques Demy

Writer

Andrew Birkin

Writer

Mark Peploe

Music Scoring

Donovan

Music Scoring

Terence Donovan