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.
as The Pied Piper
as Frau Poppendick
as The Baron
as Burgermeister Poppendick
as Franz
as Melius, Alchemist
as Gavin
as Bishop
as Mattio
as Lisa
as Pilgrim
as Officer
as Helga
as Otto
as Karl
as Burger
as Friar
as Priest
as Priest
as Gretel
as Chancellor
as Kulik (as David Netheim)
as Town Cryer
as Papal Nuncio
as Burger
as Burger
as Burger
as Maidservant (as Mary McLeod)
as Flunky (uncredited)
as Little Boy (uncredited)
as Burger (uncredited)
