The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 · Directed by William Dieterle

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.

Cast: Charles Laughton, Edmond O'Brien, Maureen O'Hara, Eddie Bracken, Charles Drake, Cedric Hardwicke, Harry Cording, Kenner G. Kemp, Thomas Mitchell, Nestor Paiva

Rating: 7.362/10 from 141 votes