The Pied Piper (1972 film)
Appearance
The Pied Piper | |
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Directed by | Jacques Demy |
Screenplay by | Mark Peploe Andrew Birkin Jacques Demy |
Produced by | Sanford Lieberson David Puttnam |
Starring | Donovan Jack Wild Donald Pleasence John Hurt |
Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky |
Edited by | John Trumper |
Music by | Donovan Kenny Clayton |
Production companies | Sagittarius Productions Inc. Goodtimes Enterprises |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.5 million[1] |
The Pied Piper is a 1972 British film directed by Jacques Demy and starring Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence and John Hurt and featuring Donovan and Diana Dors.[2] It is loosely based on the legend of the Pied Piper.[3]
Cast
- Jack Wild as Gavin
- Donald Pleasence as The Baron
- John Hurt as Franz
- Donovan as The Piper
- Michael Hordern as Melius, Alchemist
- Roy Kinnear as Burgermaster Poppendick
- Peter Vaughan as Bishop
- Diana Dors as Frau Poppendick
- Cathryn Harrison as Lisa
- Keith Buckley as Mattio, Gypsy Leader
- Peter Eyre as Pilgrim
- John Welsh as Chancellor
- Hamilton Dyce as Papal Nuncio
- Arthur Hewlett as Otto
- Sammie Winmill as Gretel
- André van Gyseghem as Friar
- Roger Hammond as Burger
- John Falconer as Priest
References
- ^ In the Picture Sight and Sound; London Vol. 40, Iss. 4, (Fall 1971): 187.
- ^ The PIED PIPER (1971), BFI website
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.
External links
Categories:
- 1972 films
- British fantasy drama films
- Films directed by Jacques Demy
- Films set in the Middle Ages
- Films based on Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Films set in the Holy Roman Empire
- Films produced by David Puttnam
- Films produced by Sanford Lieberson
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s British films
- 1970s British film stubs