European film from Alps about a door-to-door salesman from a mountain village in 19 th century

It is a story of a door-to-door salesman from a mountain village. The story takes place in the 19th century in the mountains. The door-to-door salesman loses his backpack of goods during an encounter with soldiers (Napoleon,s army ?) He reaches the lowlands (Italy ?) where he collects money in a church. There is a celebration in a village in the lowlands.