The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · 117 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 12,723 VOTES · DIR. William Dieterle
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,248 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:15 I've never heard a more beautiful Angelus.
00:04:48 For, between them, they will destroy our old and holy order.
00:08:49 -How's business? -Bad.
00:13:20 We've never been so close to you before. You've always been up in your bell tower.
00:18:28 He made a spectacle of himself before the king and all the people.
00:22:31 You mustn't talk like that in here.
00:25:52 It's Quasimodo, the bellringer.
00:32:25 Leave him alone.
00:35:03 Try to take a purse out of that pocket, but if one single bell jingles...
00:38:31 "This is a beggar's wedding night. "
00:41:36 I'm enough of a philosopher to hold everything in the proper equillbrium.
00:45:59 ...they crowned him thelr king.
00:49:26 He does, yet if he ventures into the world outside, he must accept its laws.
00:58:00 -Twice a year? -At least.
01:01:38 ...the flower of Egypt...
01:06:33 It's impossible. We can't make him stop.
01:10:23 Your hands are like ice.
01:13:26 Witness, does this dagger belong to the Gypsy?
01:18:32 ...we declare that we require penance...
01:26:42 ...when you're eating.
01:32:33 ...nor can the judgement of our courts be willfully set aside by the church.
01:37:09 It's the pamphlet, sire.
01:40:09 Arrest Frollo. Quick, quick.
01:55:07 Why was I not made of stone like thee?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,248
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:02:15
Final line01:55:07
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Dieterle
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,800,000
Revenue$6,877,900
IMDb votes12,723