The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama!
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$1 800 000
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$6 877 900
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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.
What's left behind the scenes
- 2,500 wigs were used during filming.
- To convincingly portray a man almost deafened by the ringing of a bell, Charles Laughton stuffed his ears with wax to avoid instinctively flinching at unexpected sounds.
- Some sound effects were borrowed from Merian C. Cooper’s (1893-1973) and Ernest B. Schoedsack’s (1893-1977) film “King Kong” (1933). For example, when Esmeralda is tortured, the screams of actress Fay Wray (1907-2004) from “King Kong” can be heard. When Quasimodo fights to defend the cathedral, some of the screams of the wounded attackers are the screams of sailors from “King Kong”, and when Frollo falls and crashes, a scream from one of the sailors in “King Kong” is also used.
- The film premiered at Christmas at Radio City Music Hall, and some critics subsequently complained because they went to see a horror film but saw a historical drama, and stated it was not suitable for family viewing.
- The artist Van Nest Polglaze (1898-1968) recreated the appearance of medieval Paris on a set in San Fernando, California. The cathedral model was almost 58 meters high and included gargoyles, vaulted ceilings, and stained-glass windows. Its construction cost $250,000.
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