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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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 · Directed by William Dieterle · 117 min · Drama · Romance · Horror · 8 frames
Tagline
Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!
Crew
- Screenplay: Sonya Levien
- Cinematography: Joseph H. August
- Edited by: William Hamilton, Robert Wise
- Music: Alfred Newman
- Produced by: Pandro S. Berman
Cast
- Charles Laughton as The Hunchback Quasimodo
- Cedric Hardwicke as Frollo
- Thomas Mitchell as Clopin
- Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda
- Edmond O'Brien as Gringoire
- Alan Marshal as Phoebus
- Walter Hampden as Archdeacon
- Harry Davenport as King Louis XI
- Katharine Alexander as Madame de Lys
- George Zucco as Procurator
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Latin
- Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
- Budget: $1,800,000
- Box office: $6,877,900
- Themes: sibling relationship, paris, france, based on novel or book, unrequited love, racism, black and white, kindness, hunchback, notre dame cathedral, bell ringing
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