FYI, to those of you who are commenting on the film version of the Durrenmatt play, this film is not it. You have it confused with another film made eight years later.
The film you should be commenting on is the 1964 title, not this one, which is a 30-minute film short made in Canada.
The 1964 film starred Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, and is about a scorned woman who returns to her hometown to buy the execution of her former lover. (BTW, it's not really a very good movie, except for Bergman's performance.)
Others please take note.