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.| Status: | Released (1939-12-29) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total |
| Screen: | Sonya Levien, Bruno Frank, Victor Hugo |
| Productions: | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Latin |
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Casts
- 10921: Charles Laughton - The Hunchback Quasimodo
- 99461: Cedric Hardwicke - Frollo
- 3383: Thomas Mitchell - Clopin
- 70035: Maureen O'Hara - Esmeralda
- 8254: Edmond O'Brien - Gringoire
- 78854: Alan Marshal - Phoebus
- 50833: Walter Hampden - Archdeacon
Crews
- 49214: William Dieterle - Director - Directing
- 37127: Victor Hugo - Novel - Writing
- 70045: Sonya Levien - Screenplay - Writing
- 30174: Pandro S. Berman - Producer - Production
- 8503: Alfred Newman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 103020: Joseph H. August - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30179: William Hamilton - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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Incredible film-making, bravo for real classics. What a truly lavish and gorgeous film this is, thematically it pulls the emotions in different directions, and as a story it's as sharp as a tack. Boasting a quite incredible performance from Charles Laughton as the tragic bell ring ....
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The is a wonderfully evocative version of the timeless Victor Hugo story of love, desire, cruelty and brutality in 1490's Paris. Charles Laughton turns in a tour de force performance as the physically and mentally disabled "Quasimodo" who is feared, loathed and ridiculed by the local ....
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