Rent The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
3.9 of 5 from 94 ratings
1h 56min
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- Synopsis:
- The lecherous Chief Justice Frollo (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) gazes on a beautiful, gypsy girl, Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara), and sends the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral Quasimodo (Charles Laughton) to catch her. But Quasimodo himself is captured by Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, who frees Esmerelda and sentences Quasimodo to be flogged. Whilst Quasimodo is tied up in the square, only Esmeralda takes pity on him and gives him water. Later, at a party of nobles, Esmeralda again meets both Frollo, who is bewitched by her, and Phoebus; but when Phoebus is found stabbed to death, Esmeralda is accused of his murder, convicted by the court and sentenced to hang. Only Quasimodo, can save her from the gallows...
- Actors:
- Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, 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
- Directors:
- William Dieterle
- Producers:
- Pandro S. Berman
- Writers:
- Sonya Levien, Bruno Frank, Victor Hugo
- Others:
- Alfred Newman, John Aalberg
- Aka:
- Victor Hugo's Immortal Classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Studio:
- Odeon Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/10/2018
- Run Time:
- 117 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, German Dolby Digital 1.0, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, English Hard of Hearing, French, German Hard of Hearing, Latin American Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Interview with Maureen O'Hara
- Academy Award- Nominated Short 'Drunk Driving'
- 'The Lone Stranger and Porky' Cartoon
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (3) of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Rings all the right bells - The Hunchback of Notre Dame review by PT
Everybody knows the story so I'm not going to bore you all to death with, once upon a time ....
Certain films just look stunning in black and white, this being one. The cinematography really catches the France imagined in the story.
Maureen O'Hara was born for this part, she is stupendous, a superstar of the old school of film stars. Laughton is also great as Quasimodo, the social outcast who falls in love with the kindly enchantress. That makes two of us Quasi.
I first seen this film when I was very young, and the images stayed with me, until I seen it several more times as an adult. Totally enchanting.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
One of the Greatest. - The Hunchback of Notre Dame review by Cato
Quite literally one of the greatest films in terms of the people in it, there must have been up to a thousand on the cast list. But the main character is so brilliantly acted by Laughton, it's hard to think that anyone could ever do it better, or indeed want to. And Maureen O'Hara is wonderful as Esmeralda, in this her first film, at the age of 19. The supporting cast are all the best that could have acted in such a truly fantastic film. One of the Greatest.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Extraordinary, it's a famous film for good reason. - The Hunchback of Notre Dame review by ND
The pace of this film never falters, it has you riveted from the start and never lets up.
The black and white production adds to the film, as it does with the Third Man or Casablanca. The filming is done by master craftsmen and the acting is well up to it.
Do not miss seeing this film, I wish I'd seen it a long time before I did.
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