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1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Directed by William Dieterle
Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!

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.

Duration

1h 57m

Released

December 29, 1939

Revenue

$6,877,900

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Cast79

  • Charles Laughton
  • Cedric Hardwicke
  • Thomas Mitchell
  • Maureen O'Hara
  • Edmond O'Brien
  • Alan Marshal
  • Walter Hampden
  • Harry Davenport
  • Katharine Alexander

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