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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.
William Dieterle
Pandro S. Berman
Sonya Levien
Joseph H. August
Alfred Newman
Charles Laughton
The Hunchback Quasimodo
Cedric Hardwicke
Frollo
Thomas Mitchell
Clopin
Maureen O'Hara
Esmeralda
Edmond O'Brien
Gringoire
Alan Marshal
Phoebus
Walter Hampden
Archdeacon
Harry Davenport
King Louis XI
Katharine Alexander
Madame de Lys
George Zucco
Procurator
Fritz Leiber
Old Nobleman
Etienne Girardot
Doctor
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John Chard
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 ringer Quasimodo (no...
CinemaSerf
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 population. Whe...
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939) trailer EnglSubt./S.T.Fr. (optional)
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Hunchback Of Notre Dame 1939 Trailer
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Guillermo del Toro on “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939)
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