The Bells
The Bells is a 1911 Australian feature-length silent film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It is based on the famous stage melodrama by Erckmann-Chatrian, adapted by Leopold Lewis, which in turn had been adapted for the Australian stage by W. J. Lincoln before he made it into a film.
Plot
Mathias (Arthur Styan) is an innkeeper in a village in Alsace, happily married to Catherine (Miss Grist) and with a daughter Annette (Nellie Bramley). However he is greatly in debt, so on Christmas Day 1833, he murders a Polish Jew (Mr Cullenane) who visits the inn for his gold. He uses this to pay off his debts and rise in society, becoming the burgomaster of the town – however he is always tormented by guilt.
More details
author | W. J. Lincoln |
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director | W. J. Lincoln |
genre | drama |
keywords | alsace married |
producer | John Tait Millard Johnson Nevin Tait William Gibson |
productionCompany | Amalgamated Pictures |
publisher | Tait's Pictures |
theme | melodrama silent |