The Bellman
6.4
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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Cast
23 people
Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Also in
The Idiot
The Revenge of Roger
Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend
Known for
Donkey Skin
La Bête Humaine
Christian-Jaque
Claude Boncompain
Henri Verdun
Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret
Known for
The President
The Judge and the Assassin
Jacques Desagneaux
Roger Pigaut
Pierre
Known for
Untamable Angelique
The Count of Monte Cristo
Robert Gys
Jacques Prévert
Also in
Dream of the Wild Horses
Prices and Profits, the Potato
Madeleine Robinson
Marthe
Known for
The Trial
The Gentleman from Epsom
Louis Page
Christian-Jaque Director · Jacques Prévert Writer Claude Boncompain Author
United States release June 1, 1947 · Produced in France · Original title Sortilèges
Production
Moulin D'Or
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sortilèges
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 4, 1945
Theatrical
United States · June 1, 1947
Theatrical
Austria
October 17, 1947
Denmark
January 19, 1948
Finland
April 23, 1948
Germany
January 17, 1950
Japan
February 14, 1949
Portugal
November 3, 1949
Sweden
February 9, 1948
United Kingdom
November 1, 1950 · re-release
XC
August 5, 1946 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
September 20, 1946 · Theatrical
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