The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

12/29/1939 (US) • 1h 57m

Drama, Romance, Horror

Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!

Overview

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Top Billed Cast

Charles Laughton

The Hunchback Quasimodo

Walter Hampden

Archdeacon

Harry Davenport

King Louis XI

Katharine Alexander

Madame de Lys


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,800,000.00

Revenue

$6,877,900.00

Keywords

sibling relationship

paris, france

based on novel or book

unrequited love

racism

kindness

hunchback

notre dame cathedral

bell ringing

beggar clan

physical deformity

sanctuary

bell ringer

15th century

gypsy woman

church asylum

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