
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.

as The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

as Fabret, his friend

as Catherine Fabret

as Pierre

as Marthe

as The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

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

as The Festival Dance Villagers

as The Black Horse

as Le gendarme

as Un villageois

as Un villageois