Released:
1939-08-31

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.

Director:
William Dieterle

Runtime:
1h 57min

Genre:
Drama, Romance, Horror

• Cast:
• 
  Charles Laughton
  as
  The Hunchback Quasimodo
• 
  Cedric Hardwicke
  as
  Frollo
• 
  Thomas Mitchell
  as
  Clopin
• 
  Maureen O'Hara
  as
  Esmeralda
• 
  Edmond O'Brien
  as
  Gringoire