Desc: The Pied Piper: Directed by Jacques Demy. With Keith Buckley, Patsy Puttnam, Arthur Hewlett, Paul Hennen. In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.