The Hunchback of Notre Dame backdrop
The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

1923 US HMDB
September 6, 1923

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Directors

Wallace Worsley

Cast

Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester, Winifred Bryson, Nigel De Brulier, Brandon Hurst, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Harry von Meter
Dramma Horror Romance

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

Lon Chaney, the man of a thousand faces, in one of his most successful performances, the deformed and unfortunate hunchback Quasimodo, who lives a life as a “ghost” hidden in the cathedral of Notre Dame. One of the most expensive productions of 1920s cinema, with monumental sets (the cathedral of Notre Dame entirely rebuilt in the studios) and cutting-edge means for the period, to the point that everything was “reused” for the 1939 version of “Notre Dame.” Certainly the most horrific (and for this reason the only one to appear reviewed on the site) and successful among the cinematic adaptations of the story of the hunchback Quasimodo.