The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 · 117 min · EN · NR · 7.3 (219 votes)
Dir. William Dieterle · Starring Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Maureen O'Hara, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Marshal · Music Alfred Newman

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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.

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A grand, tragic spectacle of forbidden love and societal cruelty. Its dramatic black and white visuals and soaring score create an atmosphere of doomed romance and profound melancholy, centered around a monstrous figure with a gentle heart.

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