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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 29, 1939

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Drama, Romance, Horror

User Score

72%

Original Title

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

William Dieterle

Budget

$1,800,000

Revenue

$6,877,900

Description

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.