MOVIE · 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.
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The Bellman
ABOUT
Story
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.
CAST
Featured cast
Lucien CoëdelThe Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Fernand LedouxFabret, his friend
Renée FaureCatherine Fabret
Madeleine RobinsonMarthe
Pierre LabryThe Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
Georges TourreilThe Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
SinoëlMarie-Thérèse, the old womanMORE TO EXPLORE
