The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
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43% of users liked it
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While most people are familiar only with the Lon Chaney Sr. and Charles Laughton versions of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, this 1982 TV adaptation was the fourteenth filmization of the Hugo novel. Anthony Hopkins, barely recognizable under mounds of disfiguring body makeup, plays… More While most people are familiar only with the Lon Chaney Sr. and Charles Laughton versions of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, this 1982 TV adaptation was the fourteenth filmization of the Hugo novel. Anthony Hopkins, barely recognizable under mounds of disfiguring body makeup, plays Quasimodo, the deformed 15th-century bellringer of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Leslie-Anne Down plays Esmerelda, the gypsy girl who wins Quasimodo's unswerving loyalty when she offers him water after he is publicly flogged. And Derek Jacobi plays Dom Claude Frollo, the hypocritically pious archdeacon of Notre Dame, who'll do anything to claim Esmerelda for himself. Produced by Norman Rosemont, The Hunchback of Notre Dame originally aired February 4, 1982, as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Tuchner
- Written By
- John Gay
- Genres
- Drama, Television
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 4, 1982 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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James Plath, Movie Metropolis
It's not the definitive version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but then again, I'm not sure there is such a thing.
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Cast
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Anthony Hopkins
as Quasimodo
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Derek Jacobi
as Dom Claude Frollo
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Lesley-Anne Down
as Esmeralda
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Robert Powell
as Phoebus
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John Gielgud
as Charmolue
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David Suchet
as Trouillefou
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Kenny Baker
as Pick Pocket
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Timothy Bateson
as Commerce
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Eunice Blalck
as Clergy
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Joseph Blatchley
as Albert
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Rosalie Crutchley
as Simone
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Roland Culver
as Bishop of Paris
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Hugo de Vernier
as Nobility
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Donald Eccles
as Judge
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Nigel Hawthorne
as Magistrate
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Jack Klaff
as Officer
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Norman Lumsden
as King's Attorney
- Tim Pigott-Smith
- Gerry Sundquist
- Alan Webb
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Dave Hill
as Coppenhole
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David Kelly
as Tavernkeeper
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John Rutland
as 2nd Old Man
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Antony Carrick
as Auditor
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John Kidd
as 1st Physician
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Stanley Lebor
as Torturer
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Wally Thomas
as 1st Old Man
- Sir John Gielgud
