The Bellman

The Bellman

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Horror | Dec. 4, 1945

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

The Bellman

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Horror | Dec. 4, 1945

The Bellman
The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Moulin D'Or
Original title Sortilèges
Directors Christian-Jaque
Writers Claude Boncompain, Jacques Prévert

Cast

Lucien Coëdel

as The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Fernand Ledoux

as Fabret, his friend

Renée Faure

as Catherine Fabret

Roger Pigaut

as Pierre

Madeleine Robinson

as Marthe

Pierre Labry

as The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Georges Tourreil

as The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

Sinoël

as Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

Léonce Corne

as Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"

Marcel Pérès

as Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache

Les Danseurs du Massif Central

as The Festival Dance Villagers

Jacques Butin

as Le gendarme

Léon Larive

as Un villageois

Michel Piccoli

as Un villageois