The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 PG-13 1h 57m

7.3 /10

215

Genre

Drama Romance Horror

Plot

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.

Director

William Dieterle

Writers

Victor Hugo Sonya Levien Bruno Frank

Stars

Charles Laughton Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell

Cast & Crew

Charles Laughton

The Hunchback Quasimodo

Choirboy (uncredited)

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Arthur Millett

Count Graville (uncredited)

Ferdinand Munier

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Barlowe Borland

Dubois (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited)

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James Fawcett

Festival Ball-Walker (uncredited)

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Alan Spear

Festival Contortionist (uncredited)

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Ward Shattuck

Festival Juggler (uncredited)

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Ray Long

Festival Skeleton Dancer (uncredited)

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Lillian Nicholson

Fleur's Servant (uncredited)

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Gisela Werbisek

Grandmother (uncredited)

Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)

Madeleine (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)

Merchant (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Mercury (uncredited)

George Barrows

Minor Role (uncredited)

Nobleman (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

Nobleman Signing Petition (uncredited)

Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

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Harold DeGarro

Stilt Walker (uncredited)

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Louis Zamperini

Street Urchin (uncredited)

John George

Townsman (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Townsman (uncredited)

Rondo Hatton

Ugly Man (uncredited)

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Vangie Beilby

'Ugly Man' Contestant #1 (uncredited)

Russ Powell

'Ugly Man' Contestant #2 (uncredited)

Wooden-Leg Man (uncredited)

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Joseph P. Mack

Workman in Play (uncredited)

Charles Drake

Young Priest (uncredited)

Richard Clayton

Young Priest at Cathedral (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Minor Role (uncredited)

Margaret McWade

Younger Sister (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Minor Role (uncredited)

Older Sister (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

22 Jun 2022

The is a wonderfully evocative version of the timeless Victor Hugo story of love, desire, cruelty and brutality in 1490's Paris. Charles Laughton turn...

John Chard

28 Aug 2014

Incredible film-making, bravo for real classics. What a truly lavish and gorgeous film this is, thematically it pulls the emotions in different dir...