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Movie Description
In a role that predates his Hannibal Lector, Anthony Hopkins plays a monster of a different kind in 1982’s THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. The actor is mesmerizing as Quasimodo in Victor Hugo’s timeless story. Narrated by Robert Powell, HUNCHBACK also stars David Suchet, Lesley-Anne Down, Derek Jacobi, and John Gielgud., Lavish production based on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo. A beautiful gypsy girl is the object of desire of both a degenerate archdeacon and the monstrously deformed church bellringer.
Synopsis
Made-for-tv adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic tale of the deformed man who is hated and feared by the populace. Esmerelda, a defenseless young woman, befriends Quasimodo, and he repays her kindness by saving her from the guillotine.
Film Notes
Aired originally on the CBS Television Network, as a Hallmark Hall of Fame, February 1982.
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