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.
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
Le gendarme

Un villageois

Un villageois
