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The Bells is a British film of genre Drama with Donald Calthrop

The Bells (1931)

The Bells
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Length 1h15
Genres Drama,    Horror,    Crime
Rating58% 2.9337952.9337952.9337952.9337952.933795

The 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

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