poster

1939

NR (08/31/1939) (US)

Drama, Romance, Horror

1h 57m

73

User Score

Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!

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.

1939

73

User Score

NR (08/31/1939) (US)

Drama, Romance, Horror

1h 57m

Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!

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.

Cast

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

The Hunchback Quasimodo

Walter Hampden

Walter Hampden

Archdeacon

Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

King Louis XI

Katharine Alexander

Katharine Alexander

Madame de Lys

George Zucco

George Zucco

Procurator

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Old Nobleman

Helene Reynolds

Helene Reynolds

Fleur de Lys

Minna Gombell

Minna Gombell

Queen of Beggars

Curt Bois

Curt Bois

Student

Rod La Rocque

Rod La Rocque

Phillippe

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

Court Clerk

Kathryn Adams

Kathryn Adams

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