Movie Description
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : William Dieterle
- Producer : Pandro S. Berman
- Editor : Robert Wise,William Hamilton
- Cast : Charles Laughton,Cedric Hardwicke,Thomas Mitchell,Maureen O'Hara,Edmond O'Brien,Alan Marshal,Walter Hampden,Harry Davenport,Katharine Alexander,George Zucco,Fritz Leiber,Etienne Girardot,Helene Reynolds,Minna Gombell,Arthur Hohl,Curt Bois,George Tobias,Rod La Rocque,Spencer Charters,Kathryn Adams,Diane Hunter,Sig Arno,Frank Mills,Dewey Robinson,Frank Mazzola,Alan Copeland,Arthur Millett,Ferdinand Munier,Barlowe Borland,Victor Kilian,James Fawcett,Alan Spear,Ward Shattuck,Ray Long,Lillian Nicholson,Gisela Werbisek,Harry Cording,Angela Mulinos,Lionel Belmore,Earl Clyde,Thom Fox,Gretl Dupont,Tempe Pigott,Nestor Paiva,Arthur Dulac,Vallejo Gantner,Charlie Hall,George Barrows,Peter Godfrey,Edward Groag,J. C. Fowler,Cy Kendall,Charles Halton,Norbert Schiller,Eddie Abdo,Alexander Granach,Edmund Cobb,Ralph Dunn,Eddie Bracken,Harold DeGarro,Louis Zamperini,John George,Kenner G. Kemp,Rondo Hatton,Vangie Beilby,Russ Powell,Louis Adlon,Paul Newlan,Dick Dickinson,Joseph P. Mack,Charles Drake,Richard Clayton,Billy Jones,Theodore Lorch,Eddie Dew,Margaret McWade,Jack Perrin,Hector V. Sarno,Margaret Seddon
Cast
The Hunchback Quasimodo
Frollo
Clopin
Esmeralda
Gringoire
Phoebus
Archdeacon
King Louis XI
Madame de Lys
Procurator
Old Nobleman
Doctor
Fleur de Lys
Queen of Beggars
Olivier
Student
Beggar
Phillippe
Court Clerk
Fleur's Companion #1
Fleur's Companion #2
Tailor
Beggar (uncredited)
Butcher (uncredited)
Child (uncredited)
Choirboy (uncredited)
Count Graville (uncredited)
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Dubois (uncredited)
Esmeralda's Hangman (uncredited)
Festival Ball-Walker (uncredited)
Festival Contortionist (uncredited)
Festival Juggler (uncredited)
Festival Skeleton Dancer (uncredited)
Fleur's Servant (uncredited)
Grandmother (uncredited)
Guard (uncredited)
Helene (uncredited)
Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Juggler (uncredited)
Jupiter (uncredited)
Lissy (uncredited)
Madeleine (uncredited)
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Mars (uncredited)
Merchant (uncredited)
Mercury (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Monk (uncredited)
Moon (uncredited)
Nobleman (uncredited)
Nobleman Signing Petition (uncredited)
Printer (uncredited)
Saturn (uncredited)
Singer (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)
Stilt Walker (uncredited)
Street Urchin (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Ugly Man (uncredited)
'Ugly Man' Contestant #1 (uncredited)
'Ugly Man' Contestant #2 (uncredited)
Venus (uncredited)
Whipper (uncredited)
Wooden-Leg Man (uncredited)
Workman in Play (uncredited)
Young Priest (uncredited)
Young Priest at Cathedral (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Younger Sister (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Knight (uncredited)
Older Sister (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
Status Released
Release Information
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1939-12-29
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 57m
Budget₹ 1800000
Revenue₹ 6877900
Production CompaniesRKO Radio Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
- Horror
