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The Bellman
1945 6.7 (9 votes) 1h 40m
Genres
Drama Crime Horror
Production Companies
Moulin D'Or

The Bellman (Sortilèges)

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Christian-Jaque

Director of Photography: Louis Page

Writer: Jacques Prévert

Top Cast

Lucien Coëdel
Lucien Coëdel

The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux

Fabret, his friend

Renée Faure
Renée Faure

Catherine Fabret

Roger Pigaut
Roger Pigaut

Pierre

Madeleine Robinson
Madeleine Robinson

Marthe

Pierre Labry
Pierre Labry

The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Georges Tourreil
Georges Tourreil

The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

Sinoël
Sinoël

Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

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