Drama ·Crime ·Horror · France · 1945 · 1h 40m

The Bellman

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Director

Cast

Lucien Coëdel as The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste Fernand Ledoux as Fabret, his friend Renée Faure as Catherine Fabret Roger Pigaut as Pierre Madeleine Robinson as Marthe Pierre Labry as The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Crew

Louis Page — Director of Photography Alice Dumas — Editor Jacques Desagneaux — Editor Jacques Prévert — Writer Claude Boncompain — Novel Robert Gys — Production Design

Synopsis

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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Key Collaborators

Christian-Jaque Director Louis Page Director of Photography Alice Dumas Editor Jacques Desagneaux Editor Jacques Prévert Writer Claude Boncompain Novel Robert Gys Production Design

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