Film · Crime, Drama, Horror
The Bellman (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.
- Director
- Christian-Jaque
- Writers
- Claude Boncompain, Jacques Prévert
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Release date
- December 4, 1945
- Original title
- Sortilèges
Cast
Lucien CoëdelThe Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Fernand LedouxFabret, his friend
Renée FaureCatherine Fabret- Roger PigautPierre
Madeleine RobinsonMarthe
Pierre LabryThe Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
Georges TourreilThe Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
SinoëlMarie-Thérèse, the old woman
Léonce CorneInn Patron "Not From These Parts"
Marcel PérèsInn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache- Les Danseurs du Massif CentralThe Festival Dance Villagers
- Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie CarréThe Black Horse
Jacques ButinLe gendarme
Léon LariveUn villageois
Michel PiccoliUn villageois
