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.
Cast
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Fabret, his friend
Catherine Fabret
Pierre
Marthe
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
Marie-Thérèse, the old woman
Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"
Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
The Festival Dance Villagers
The Black Horse