The Bells

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