The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Name: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Genre: Drama, Romance, Horror
Released: 1939-08-31
Duration: 7020 min
Rating: 7.3

7.3 1939 1h 57m United States of America

Drama Romance Horror

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.

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Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama! 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.

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Directors

William Dieterle

Writers

Sonya Levien, Victor Hugo, Bruno Frank

Cast

Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Maureen O'Hara, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Marshal, Walter Hampden, Harry Davenport, Katharine Alexander, George Zucco, Fritz Leiber, Etienne Girardot, Helene Reynolds, Minna Gombell, Arthur Hohl

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Languages

English, Latin

Countries

United States of America