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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!

7.3(230)19391h 57m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.8M
Box office
$6.9M
Language
English
  • sibling relationship
  • paris, france
  • based on novel or book
  • unrequited love
  • racism
  • black and white
  • kindness
  • hunchback
  • notre dame cathedral
  • bell ringing
  • beggar clan
  • physical deformity

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR29 Dec 1939
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG31 Aug 1939
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical31 Jan 1940
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical1213 Aug 1948
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical26 Jun 1947
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical15 Jan 1940
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes31 Aug 1939
    • Theatrical23 Apr 1940
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical161 Apr 1949
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical30 Jan 1941
  • HungaryHU

    • TheatricalKN18 Oct 1940
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical12 Apr 1940
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical14 May 1948

Frequently asked questions

The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released on 31 August 1939.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    8/28/2014

    9/10

    Incredible film-making, bravo for real classics. What a truly lavish and gorgeous film this is, thematically it pulls the emotions in different directions, and as a story it's as sharp as a tack. Boasting a quite incredible performance from Charles Laughton as the tragic bell ringer Quasimodo (no nomination Academy, are you flipping sure?), and sets that are simply out of this world, this film to me defines classi…

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    CinemaSerf

    6/22/2022

    8/10

    The is a wonderfully evocative version of the timeless Victor Hugo story of love, desire, cruelty and brutality in 1490's Paris. Charles Laughton turns in a tour de force performance as the physically and mentally disabled "Quasimodo" who is feared, loathed and ridiculed by the local population. When a wandering gypsy girl "Esmerelda" (quite possibly Maureen O'Hara's best ever performance) is found guilty of murder h…

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