The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

  • NR
  • 12/29/1939 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, Horror
  • 1h 57m

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.

Victor Hugo

Novel

William Dieterle

Director

Sonya Levien

Screenplay

Cast

Charles Laughton's headshot

Charles Laughton

The Hunchback Quasimodo
Cedric Hardwicke's headshot

Cedric Hardwicke

Frollo
Thomas Mitchell's headshot

Thomas Mitchell

Clopin
Maureen O'Hara's headshot

Maureen O'Hara

Esmeralda
Edmond O'Brien's headshot

Edmond O'Brien

Gringoire
Alan Marshal's headshot

Alan Marshal

Phoebus
Walter Hampden's headshot

Walter Hampden

Archdeacon
Harry Davenport's headshot

Harry Davenport

King Louis XI

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