

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Movie · 1h 57m · NR
DramaRomanceHorror
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Key crew
- William DieterleDirector
- Sonya LevienScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charles LaughtonThe Hunchback Quasimodo
- Cedric HardwickeFrollo
- Thomas MitchellClopin
- Maureen O'HaraEsmeralda
- Edmond O'BrienGringoire
- Alan MarshalPhoebus
- Walter HampdenArchdeacon
- Harry DavenportKing Louis XI
- Katharine AlexanderMadame de Lys
- George ZuccoProcurator
- Fritz LeiberOld Nobleman
- Etienne GirardotDoctor
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Themes
sibling relationshipparis, francebased on novel or bookunrequited loveracismblack and whitekindnesshunchbacknotre dame cathedralbell ringingbeggar clanphysical deformity























