Does The Pied Piper end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Pied Piper sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Pied Piper scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Pied Piper easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Pied Piper violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Pied Piper

Name: The Pied Piper
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1972
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Donovan, Diana Dors, Donald Pleasence, Roy Kinnear, John Hurt

Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.

Directed by Jacques Demy

Produced by Goodtimes Enterprises, Sagittarius Productions

197290 min6.0 / 10

A dark, morally complex retelling of a fairy tale set against the Black Death, where greed and corruption invite supernatural vengeance.

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.

Clusters

Supernatural Horror Films Witchcraft and Occult Movies Medieval Period Violent Revenge Movies Disease Outbreak Movies

Genres

Fantasy Drama

Keywords

Revenge Witchcraft Based On Fairy Tale Plague 14th Century Piper

Questions people ask

Does The Pied Piper end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.
Is The Pied Piper sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Is The Pied Piper scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is The Pied Piper easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Pied Piper violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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