The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
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Directed by William Dieterle
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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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- Director
- William Dieterle
- Written by
- Victor Hugo, Sonya Levien
- Produced by
- Pandro S. Berman
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Cinematographer
- Joseph H. August
- Editors
- Robert Wise, William Hamilton
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- Victor Hugo's Immortal Classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (218 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 94% Fresh
- IMDb
- 7.8/10 (13,041 votes)
Cast
Charles Laughton
The Hunchback Quasimodo
Cedric Hardwicke
Frollo
Thomas Mitchell
Clopin
Maureen O'Hara
Esmeralda
Edmond O'Brien
Gringoire
Alan Marshal
Phoebus
Walter Hampden
Archdeacon
Harry Davenport
King Louis XI
Katharine Alexander
Madame de Lys
George Zucco
Procurator
Fritz Leiber
Old Nobleman
Etienne Girardot
Doctor
Helene Reynolds
Fleur de Lys
Minna Gombell
Queen of Beggars
Arthur Hohl
Olivier
Curt Bois
Student
George Tobias
Beggar
Rod La Rocque
Phillippe
