The Bellman

Original title: Sortilèges

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1945-12-04

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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.

Drama Crime Horror

Sortilèges

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as The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

as Fabret, his friend

as Catherine Fabret

Madeleine Robinson

Madeleine Robinson

as The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Georges Tourreil

Georges Tourreil

as The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

as Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

as Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"

as Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache

Les Danseurs du Massif Central

Les Danseurs du Massif Central

as The Festival Dance Villagers

Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré

Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré

as The Black Horse

as Un villageois

as Un villageois

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Christian-Jaque

Christian-Jaque

Claude Boncompain

Claude Boncompain

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prévert

Production Design

Director of Photography

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Desagneaux

Jacques Desagneaux

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