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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Top Cast

  • Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney

    Quasimodo

  • Patsy Ruth Miller

    Patsy Ruth Miller

    Esmeralda

  • Norman Kerry

    Norman Kerry

    Phoebus de Chateaupers

  • Kate Lester

    Kate Lester

    Madame de Condelaurier

  • Winifred Bryson

    Winifred Bryson

    Fleur de Lys

  • Nigel De Brulier

    Nigel De Brulier

    Don Claudio

  • Brandon Hurst

    Brandon Hurst

    Jehan

  • Ernest Torrence

    Ernest Torrence

    Clopin

  • Tully Marshall

    Tully Marshall

    El Rey Luis XI

Overview

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Rating

6.6 / 10
136 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 6, 2022

    I reckon that this has to be the saddest of all love stories ever written - in any language! Although top billing goes to the pathetically grotesque Lon Chaney as the bell-ringer "Quasimodo", I think the plaudits must go to Patsy Ruth Miller as the persecuted gypsy "Esmerelda" in this 1923 adaptation of Victor Hugo's story. The score is hauntingly effective as both battle prejudice, jealousy and enmity from high and low society; with plots for revolution against the rather despotic rule of Louis XI never far from the theme. Chaney's make up is not great, even by the standards of the day, and it would not look out of place in a "Tarzan" film, but that matters little to the wonderfully evocative efforts from director Wallace Worsley to enshrine this classical story of lust, power and sadness to film, with a narrative that emphasises more of the emotional aspects of the story than many of it's successors. Particularly effective is the use of light and staging (partly Parisian, partly Californian) too. 2¼ hours may look long, but this positively flies by - rarely, if ever, making you want it to hurry up. Great stuff.

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