Directed by Jacques Demy
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Legend Films)
The Black Plague is carried by rats to a typical medieval German village. Inside its walls, politicians conspire to raise taxes to build a pointless cathedral. A friendly alchemist and his assistant heal the sick and try to come up with an ointment to stop the plague. However, he is put in the dungeon for refusing to make fool's gold to pay off soldiers for the rulers. Tried and found guilty for heresy by a ruthless, immoral church, he is burned at the stake. It is up to a simple piper to rid the city of the rats. A realistic portrait of life in the 14th century.
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