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The Hunchback

1997 · 98 min · Director: Peter Medak ★ IMDb 6.1 · 2,049 ratings

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Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.

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The Hunchback (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama, Romance, TV Movie. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sympathy
Tension
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension45 %25 %30 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor46 %30 %19 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sympathy51 %44 %21 %23 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Sympathy57 %48 %40 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension59 %36 %41 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Love65 %45 %36 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Sympathy70 %61 %44 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Sympathy59 %51 %40 %32 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Sympathy60 %44 %46 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension79 %59 %71 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Sympathy90 %76 %85 %53 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension89 %76 %83 %54 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Sympathy80 %69 %60 %44 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Sympathy75 %71 %28 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Sympathy74 %66 %24 %48 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Tension76 %56 %55 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Tension85 %59 %80 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension91 %68 %84 %61 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Sadness93 %78 %82 %78 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

EA
Edward Atterton

EA
Edward Atterton

Gringoire

BB
Benedick Blythe

BB
Benedick Blythe

Phoebus

NT
Nigel Terry

King Louis XI

TB
Trevor Baxter

TB
Trevor Baxter

Chief Lawyer

Vernon Dobtcheff

Father Michel

NG
Nickolas Grace

NG
Nickolas Grace

Gauchére

MS
Matthew Sim

Crippled Man

CS
Cassie Stuart

Colette

GF
Gabi Fón

Queen Anne

MM
Michael Mehlmann

Beggar

OA
Olga Antal

Woman in Crowd

ZB
Zoltán Bán

Printer

SB
Scott Bellefeville

Prison Guard

GC
Gábor Csíkos

Man in Crowd #2

SF
Sean Fuller

Prison Guard

ZG
Zoltán Gera

Overweight Noble

Details

Directed by
Peter Medak
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
98 min
Country
Czech Republic, France, Hungary, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 2,049 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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