The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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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
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $7M
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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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The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hunchback of Notre Dame returned 3.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $7M
- Release date
- Aug 31, 1939
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Latin
- Country
- United States of America
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