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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

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Audience Score
72
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NR 1 hr 57 minDec 29th, 1939Drama, 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.
StarringCharles LaughtonCedric HardwickeThomas Mitchell
DirectorWilliam Dieterle

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 29th, 1939
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 6th, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$1,800,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$6,877,900 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:RKO Radio Pictures
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookparis, francesibling relationshipracismunrequited love15th centuryhunchbackkindnessnotre dame cathedralbell ringing