The Pied Piper [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; Sagittarius Productions Inc. present a Goodtimes Enterprises Film ; written by Andrew Birkin, Jacques Demy, Mark Peploe ; produced by David Puttnam and Sanford Lieberson ; directed by Jacques Demy.
Jack Wild, Cathryn Harrison, Donald Pleasence, John Hurt, Donovan. Based on the fairy tale by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and the poem by Robert Browning. Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Bonus features: Film of Valentin Vignet, son of Jacques Demy; Mattieu Demy reads a text by Jean-Pierre Berthomé; Jacques Demy sur le tournage du "Joueur de flûte." Available as part of a box-set, 'Intégrale Jacques Demy', containing 12 DVDs, an audio CD and, a photo booklet. DVDs packaged as: Le courts métrages de Jacques Demy ; Iola ; Model shop ; La baie de anges ; Les parapluies de Cherbourg ; Les demoiselles de Rochefort ; Peau d'âne ; The pied piper ; Lady Oscar ; Le bel indifférent ; La naissance du jour ; Une chambre en ville ; L'événement le plus important ; Parking ; Trois places pour le 26.
Summary:
A wandering piper is hired by a selfish mayor to rid his village of rats; but when the mayor refuses to pay him, the piper plays his way out of town, leading all the children of Hamelin after him--never to be seen again.
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