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The Bells

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Original title

The Bells

Year

1931

Running time

75 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Harcourt Templeman, Oscar Friedrich Werndorff

Screenwriter

C.H. Dand. Play: Alexandre Chatrian, Emile Erckmann

Cast

Music

Gustav Holst

Cinematography

Eric Cross, Günther Krampf (B&W)

Producer

British Sound Film Productions, Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)

Genre

Drama. Horror | Crime. Ghosts

Synopsis

Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. The victim's brother calls for an inquest and brings with him a sideshow mesmerist supposedly able to read minds. Mathias, as burgomaster, is called upon to conduct the inquest, but under the intuitive eye of the mesmerist cannot resist torment of his own conscience.

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The Bells

1931

Harcourt Templeman, Oscar Friedrich Werndorff