Sortilèges 1945

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:

Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste 

Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend 

Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret 

Roger Pigaut
Pierre 

Madeleine Robinson
Marthe 

Pierre Labry
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father) 

• The Bellman