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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.Read moreLess
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 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 & crew
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 MustacheExplore the crew
- Director
- Christian-Jaque
- Director of Photography
- Louis Page
- Writer
- Jacques Prévert
- Editor
- Alice Dumas
- Editor
- Jacques Desagneaux