The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Release Date: 1939-12-29
Rating : 7.3/10
Duration : 117 minutes
Genres : Drama, Romance, Horror
Director : William Dieterle
Writer : Sonya Levien
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
Cedric Hardwicke
Thomas Mitchell
Maureen O'Hara
Edmond O'Brien
Alan Marshal