TMDb Rating
7.3/10
210 verified votes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
DramaRomanceHorror
117 min
"Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!"
Plot Summary
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.
Director
William Dieterle
Top Cast
Charles LaughtonCedric HardwickeThomas MitchellMaureen O'HaraEdmond O'Brien
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