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MOVIE · 1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

English original · 117 min

★ 7.3 TMDB · 226 votes

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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Original title
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Release date
1939-08-31
Genres
Drama, Romance, Horror
Production countries
United States

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