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The Bells is a British film of genre Drama with Donald Calthrop
The Bells (1931)
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Add to a movie listThe Bells is a 1931 British drama film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Oscar Werndorff and starring Donald Calthrop, Jane Welsh, and Edward Sinclair.
The film was originally released with a film score written by Gustav Holst, the only film score by Holst. The film was based on the play Le Juif Polonais by Alexandre Chatrian and Emile Erckmann, and the English version The Bells by Leopold Lewis.
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Synopsis
Mathias (Calthrop), an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn. However, Mathias' conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man's spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad.Actors
Donald Calthrop
(Mathias)
Jane Welsh
(Annette)
Edward Sinclair
(Sergeant Christian Nash)
O. B. Clarence
(Watchman)
Ralph Truman
(Blacksmith)
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