The Bells (1926)
A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess their crimes...
- Date of release
- 1926-07-29
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Horror
- Director
- James Young
Casting
- Lionel Barrymore — Mathias
- Caroline Frances Cooke — Catharine
- Gustav von Seyffertitz — Jerome Frantz
- Lorimer Johnston — Hans
- Boris Karloff — The Mesmerist
- Eddie Phillips — Christian
- Lola Todd — Annette
- E. Alyn Warren — Baruch Koweski / Jethro Koweski
- Laura La Varnie — Fortune Teller
- John George — Mesmerist Announcer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Bells is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by James Young and starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff. It was based on an 1867 French stage play called Le Juif Polonais by Erckmann-Chatrian. The play was translated to English in 1871 by Leopold Lewis at which time it was retitled The Bells. The English version of the play was performed in the U.S. in the 19th century by Sir Henry Irving. Le Juif Polonais was also adapted into an opera of the same name in three acts by Camille Erlanger, composed to a libretto by Henri Cain.
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