"Sanctuary!" - Charles Laughton as 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (1939)
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- Here is a scene from one of the greatest films of the 1930s. The gypsy girl Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara) has been sentenced to hang for witchcraft in front of Notre Dame cathedral by the Chief Justice (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). She is saved from certain death by the cathedral bell-ringer Quasimodo (Charles Laughton) to the delight of Gringoire, who loves her (played by a young Edmond O'Brien) and given sanctuary.
Halliwell's Film Guide writes: "This superb 1939 remake is one of the best examples of Hollywood expertise at work; art direction, set construction, costumes, camera, lighting and above all direction brilliantly support an irresistible story and bravura acting."
The set of Notre Dame Cathedral was still standing from the 1923 Lon Chaney silent version, so was re-used in this picture. The director (William Dieterle) was noted for his handling of huge crowds, as here, who had to endure a Californian heatwave during the outdoor scenes. The musical score was one of Alfred Newman's finest and was nominated for an Oscar. However, there were in fact no Oscar wins for this film in 1939 but it was up against enormous competition, with 'Gone with the Wind' sweeping the board that year. Nevertheless it remains a classic movie and contains one of Laughton's very finest screen roles. (Scene uploaded from the Warner Bros. DVD with all due acknowledgements.) - Krátké a kreslené filmy
God bless Quasimodo. He lives in a church. He works for a church. He rescues the innocent with no care for his own safety. And he's a good friend. He would be a great disciple of Jesus.
SIKU Jacob Truly! I think of the Disney version, and how the song God Help the Outcasts captures the heart of God and the humility and compassion of a disciple of Christ so much more than those in the film who claim to work for God. So many things have been done in the name of God that are the complete opposite of what God calls us to.
Sadly the church has no use for great disciples of Jesus. What would Jesus say of the church today? Of its history? Of the finery and power?
Marcus Aurelius said it best:
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
Early on he inadvertently serves as Frollo's sort-of toady, when he grabs up Esmeralda. But he soon works out who's who, and becomes her stalwart defender.
Alas that she doesn't heed his admonition (in the book) to keep herself hidden. She tries to find Phoebus, Frollo discovers her, and then Quasimodo hunts frantically for her all over the cathedral.
@H-BA Togidubnus oh, let them have their fun, what harm could come of- oh.
A fictitious one too.
Him calling out "Sanctuary!" and the choir is just epic!
That camera shot of Quasimodo swinging from the background to the foreground was outstanding !!! ❤
And done in complete silence, no incidental music until he lands on the scaffold.
@@Dermot2927 I hold my breath every time one of the best scenes I’ve ever seen the Disney movie doesn’t hold up to it
Goosebumps!! Laughton was so ahead of his time as a movie actor. He is truly among the greats of his craft. Maureen O'Hara is stunning.
I never realized how much of Disney’s classics from the 90’s were actually partially based on much older films that are not remembered as much, like 1946’s Beauty and The Beast and this film.
FH1776
I am aware. I was referring to Disney clearly having taken some inspiration from older films like these. Talking about Beauty and The Beast 1946 and 1991: in both Belle has a suitor other than the Beast and there appears a magical candle.
This is actually based on a classical novel by Victor Hugo - a beautiful read.
I saw this on tv when I was sixteen, now I am 66 and it means so much more. Just magnificent.
Me too!
I haven’t seen this movie in forever. Charles Laughton sure hit it outta the park. Best Quasimodo in film, IMO.
That is the opinion of most professional film critics, as well. A fine actor & director, though only of one movie. 🎥
Consider Lon Chaney.
Akira Suzami no, I prefer Laughton’s.
@@akirasuzami9847 well lon chaney was Quasimodo during the silent era, Charles laughton had the advantage of sound so it's not really a fair competition
@@akirasuzami9847 sorry but Laughton is better
All that these "normal" people did was to stand there watching how that poor woman was about to be hanged...only "a monster" had the balls to save her from death!
We welcome to the 15th century
Welcome to the twenty-first century. Nothing has ever changed!
Just like the Republican Party refusing to go against the authoritarian king trump.
@@thomasdooner8815 please don't bring politics into this
Well, there wasn't much they could do. Quasimodo had a rope and was very very strong. The people cheered when she was saved and didn't want her to be hanged.
Although the Hunchback is considered a monster by Hollywood standards,he is more human than the church and the Parisians. They are the real monsters in the movie.
The power of Laughton's heartbreaking performance as the noble Hunchback stays with you for a lifetime...
Yes....... It truly does........
Couldn't think of a more magnificent movie moment to commemorate the broad and deep cultural history of Notre Dame Cathedral -- on this most awful of days!
🙏
Nothing more beautiful than the strength, courage and compassion of those most cruelly and unjustly reviled by society.
The Human Condition has amnesia they call Marlon Brando the greatest Movie Actor but he was never no Charles Laughton..
Amen
@@sirbaconbutties7071 People feel obligated to say that about Marlon Brando, just as they feel pressured to agree that "Citizen Kane" was the greatest movie. Nonsense. "How Green Was My Valley" deserved every inch of its award for that year.
R.I.P. Maureen O'Hara (1920-2015).
No other version understood more Quasimodo,he was pure and tough as a diamond
Absolutely right. It's very clear that Charles Laughton read the book, as his Quasimodo is totally faithful to Hugo's character, perfect I would say.
I'm not sure about that, the 1928 and 1982 versions did a great job too.
Bloody hell...this ALWAYS makes me cry !!! 67yo male . Stroud, sw England
did too 😂
Same
How in the HELL was Charles Laughton not nominated for Best Actor for this film? He deserved it for the entire performance, but nowhere more so than for his final words. As Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire at the end, leaving Quasimodo looking after her with hopeless longing from the battlements of the cathedral, he turns to the gargoyle next to him and croaks "Why was I not made of stone like thee?" Utterly heartbreaking.
Instead of being treated as a fantastic adaptation of classic literature, I think it was looked upon as a genre film. I know by the time I was able to enjoy it as a kid (the late 1960s), it was a staple on late night Creature Features shows along with Universal monster movies. Only as an adult did I appreciate the artistry in every aspect of the film, starting from Charles Laughton's performance.
Laughton did ALL his own stunts too.
@@drjohnson98 Any programming executive who would classify this powerful film as a "Creature Feature" would probably label "The Brothers Karamazov" as a murder mystery, and "Oedipus Rex" as a detective story.
Did you ever see him as Javert in Les Miserables ?
@@NormAppleton Respectfully, I find that very hard to believe. Can you give a source for your information? Considering his physical stature even without the hump and rest of his makeup, I can't imagine him being able to move that gingerly and acurately in some of these moments. I did just check and all I saw was O'Hara did do her own stunts and it references O'Hara "and the stuntman" regarding the rope swinging part.
Now THAT is a rescue! Maureen O'Hara was beautiful and Charles Laughton was magnificent.
The most glorious scene from a magnificent classic movie.
I clapped like a fool at this scene. It was as emotionally exciting to me as when Chris Reeve performed his first heroic act in 1970s Superman!
It makes me cry!
One of the finest films ever made.
Yes!
One of perhaps half a dozen scenes in all of cinema that always draws tears--no matter my preexisting mood: "I am not a man . . . why, I am as shapeless as the man in the moon!" And, of course, "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!" ART!
Mark Stimpfle Watched it yesterday on TCM...I actually CRIED during this powerful and very emotional moment!
"Why was I not made of srone, like thee?"
Oke of the most epic scenes in cinema history.
Great movie and actors and Maureen O'Hara - everyone was a top notch performer , great story and director . Hollywood once made great movies . That was the Golden age of film!
How Laughton never won an Oscar for this role is beyond belief ( superb)
This movie also shows a hope for mankind that thee will always exist beautiful people having concern for one another.
I love the moment at 0:04 . It really accents on the meaning of "why was I not made of stone like thee" line.
It's "like these", referring to the gargoyles.
God bless Quasimodo, he reminds me of myself in some way.
Whenever I watch this scene, it reminds me of whenever I did something very good or accomplished something.
The soundtrack the play in this scene is very heart warming.
And it brings a tear to my eye.
This world needs more people like Quasimodo, who are not afraid of what society has labeled them.
There is a quote that says “ never judge by appearance for a good soul may lie under a poor coat”
That's how I feel, too. I use the hashtag #BeThisGuy for examples.
Seeing a film in this color and this type of style makes me imagine how life is like with no technology and living in Europe. It strangely gives me chills.
Same
What the fuck? Have you ever been to Europe? It's not some technological backwater. The main differences compared with the States are (a) it's civilised and (b) you are far less likely to get shot.
Man, what a fickle crowd. One minute they are cheering for her death, and the next they are cheering her rescue.
Nah, they were protesting. They were angry as all hell, but they couldn't do anything because the guards would just massacre them if they'd tried.
french, whadaya want?
Michael David Hotard
They weren't cheering death they were forbidding it
People were looking for any form of excitement in medieval times.
typical humans so fickle
This really is one of the most glorious and thrilling scenes in all cinema. Interestingly, Maureen O'Hara (who looks so young and gorgeous here) did her own stunts, so that's her being swung across the courtyard and hoisted aloft over the crowd. Laughton was doubled for some of this, obviously. A great movie, and this is its capstone.
Charles Laughton: Nailed it.
Enough said.
It was a great movie in it's time and a great movie today. You can feel what quasimodo was thinking that he had to act fast . Thousands of people standing and watching and yet doing nothing to help the poor girl except one disfigured unloved man who made the right decision between life and death.
amongst the greatest scenes in movie history !
I hope no idiot will find a reason to find this objectionable, I was utterly captivated by this when I first saw it aged 8.
This was one of the greatest scenes in movie history.
I agree. Also, "the world's guilt" scene from "Judgment at Nuremberg", the "Achso" scene in "Stalag 17", and the running scene in "The Children's Hour".
Quasimodo’s parkour is amazing.
One of the best movies ever. Cried again.
Amazing to think Maureen O'hara only died 4 years ago....such a legend....love her in The Quiet Man.
Saw The Quiet Man on the big screen yesterday (St Pat's day). I fell in love with Maureen O'Hara all over again.
@@IAintOverYetthe fight scene..oh what a blast...John Wayne is great too! :-)
Yes, she is probably my favorite actress from Hollywood's golden era! 😍
The scene and music where Quasimodo saves Esmeralda is so teary-eyed.
what a great film... and no one was ever more beautiful than Maureen O'Hara
One of the greatest moments in Hollywood history,Charles Laughton was a true master of the craft and the beautiful Maureen O'Hara could act a bit too!
My favorite scene from my favorite film! I first saw this in 1970 when I was 8 years old and it had a huge impact on me from that day on. At the time, I loved classic monster movies such as "Frankenstein" but when I watched this one, I was disappointed at first because Quasimodo wasn't scary. I told my mother, "He's not really a monster, is he?" and my mother replied, "No. He's a deformed man". Those few words made me see Quasimodo (and life) quite differently.
One of the greatest reels in cinema history.
Quasimodo. The REAL superhuman, beauty is skin deep, feelings are a mile deep!
Why was I not made of Stone like thee
After almost 80 years this is still the best film version. Laughton's make-up and acting are superb. I still get a feeling of vertigo seeing him bop around on the Cathedrale Notre-Dame.
I'm not sure, I think I prefer Lon Chaney as Quasimodo although I love the ending of this one. I know it's not like the book but I like that everyone lives.
This scene always moves me to tears! Reminds me of the time I saw this with one of my best friends who's deaf-mute. His name was Jack and I told him a long time ago that he was my Quasimodo and he called me his Esmeralda.
SolarAngel Waldeck that's beutiful
Maureen O'Hara was absolutely beautiful!
Dittio
Wow - Quasimodo looks like one of those parkour fellows that bounce around from one building to another - insane - but it reinforces the idea that he is insane - not just deformed in body, but deformed in mind - doing something no sane person would ever do. But 'deformed' enough to actually break the mold of convention and law - and actually do what everyone else wanted to do - do what was right - even though at that time, only an 'insane' person would dare to do what was right -
Quasimodo didn't feel the danger of climbing the church, as a "sane" person would, but to him, it was the house of God, the house he grew up in. He knew all it's features and stones from top to bottom, it was the house of his God and he felt "safe" enough to scale it.
One thing that makes me happy is thinking about Quasimodo in the 21st century having a parkour CZcams channel.
Quasimodo is a Guardian angel ❤
Love his victoriy swing
Theres still some good men out there ,who will put their lives at risk trying to save someone , god bless those men
One of the finest moments of filmmaking ever.
I had a hunch that was going to happen
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Keith Marshall Back off, man
SSArcher11 Ha Ha Nice one!
+Keith Marshall HOW OLD ARE YOU KEITH IS YOUR HUNCH A LINGUISTIC FAUX PAS OR DO YOU SPEAK FLUENT CHINESE AND JAPANESE ?
Yes
I cry every time I see this scene.
I cried till i had no tears left to cry. Superb
me too
All time great film.
Maureen O'Hara was an Irish beauty.
Love Charles Laughton as Quasimodo.
I was informed that it was Alfred Newman that provided the glorious music when Hunch saved Esmeralda. Newman, Bernard Harmann (Psycho), John Williams (Jurassic Pk & Jaws) ;; these men were geniuses at their musical crafts.
+sweetgirl Alfred Newman's 'Hallelujah' was also used in "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), plus near the ending of both "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) and "The Robe" (1953).
Don't forget to include Max Steiner who gave us the scores to Gone With the Wind, Gunga Din and Casablanca among others.
I came here in honor of Notre Dame. Sainte mere, notre ange gardien, priez pour moi, durant cette longue nuit.
Nous Prions chere Christine
Bonjour from the UK 🇬🇧 I am really sorry for your loss, but it will rise again. Mon Dieu
@@paperchain1239 - i am certain it shall !!
Well they don't make em like that anymore!! What a perfect bit of cinema. Thanks x
He was a great director too. 'Night of the Hunter' is a masterpiece that was way ahead of it's time. He choose a great cast, as well
He directed only one film. His legacy is that of a great actor, though hunter is indeed a masterpiece.
That was a fantastic, indeed magical film. You're right that it was way ahead of its time. I wish he'd directed/produced more films. Someone once asked on a Lovecraft discussion group who we would want for a film version of his great novel _The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath_ and I picked Ronald Colman as Randolph Carter and Laughton for director.
Awesome film. Such a tragedy in the fire today
Maureen O'Hara was gorgeous!
That's an understatement.....
Absolutely gorgeous...!
What else is new?
Stirring heart-pounding scene - many thanks for posting it. One of the greatest.
Laughton, O'Hara...stellar...unquestionably.
4:45 i'm crying..i love how disney kept this scene like in the original movie ;__;
+Myriam McFly EARLY IN THE 70 S DISNEY WAS BROADCAST INTO EVERY SUBURBAN HOUSE ON SUNDAY NIGHT , ANY WAY WALT IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MEMORIES HE LOOKED SO DAPPER WITH HIS BALD HEAD AND NICE SUIT LOOK AT MY WIFES FATHERS WORK ON HIS BEHALF BUILDING DISNEY WORLD IN TOKYO WHICH IS NOT ACTUALLY IN TOKYO IS IN CHIBA
Quasimodo deserves love and this love is for Quasimodo ♥️
Love this classic movie and Quasimodo was such a beautiful soul so pure of heart and childlike
Great film and great acting
I love how it’s all quiet and right when Quasimodo and Esmeralda make contact, there’s a sudden boom of heroic music
I wonder what made you post this one day ago. It wasn't so quiet when catastrophe struck yesterday - workmen 'chipping away' at their work, in whatever field. Interesting to see scaffolding around the cathedral in the movie.
Janine Mudaliar what do you think obviously he’s here because it’s been in the news
@@EricMyles I read the post a few hours after the Cathedral started to bury, but the post about how all was quiet was shown, at that time, as "1 day ago" - and, that - a post of a full day earlier, together with the fact of there being no mention of the fire, seemed to indicate that the post had been made just a few hours before the fire began or was reported. Cheers.
... please read, "burn', instead of 'bury'. Thank you.
Charles Laughton is the actor's actors, actor... Nobody else comes close
The description is right. This film was drowned out by Gone With The Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and while they’re great films, I think this should get a lot of recognition too.
Here he comes to save the day.
Charles Laughton was a beautiful man! What an actor!
Beautiful film. Remember first seeing it on BBC2 when I was around 7 years old and it left a big impression on me. Charles Laughton is superb.
Me too. I got half of my film history knowledge from BBC2 as a child.
A really great film - classic - and unlikely to be paralleled.
Roger: is this from a movie or something?
“SANCTUARY!!!!”
Yess! That’s why I came here haha.
This is from one of the great films of all time. Educate yourself
Best parts of the scene: Quasimodo's determined face (man with a plan), his spiderman moves across the building with that awkward body (looks real, not comic book), and that dead silence as the rope swings. Finally, holding Esmeralda overhead and declaring Sanctuary foreshadows his final cleansing of the sanctuary.
Charles Laugton, great actor.
Anyone else getting goosebumps from this or just me?
Ike Eisenacher Not just you.
i shit my pants
Goosebumps and then tears, when Laughton says “sanctuary,” every time!
Tears.
I saw this movie on TV years ago. That moment where Quasimodo swings across in the rope in silence, and Alleluia! breaks out as he rescues the girl and calls out "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!", knocked me out. Stumbling across the scene on CZcams just now, not having seen or even heard of this movie in decades, somehow it hits me even harder.
Even my goosebumps are crying.
I like how this version's main character isn't really Quasimodo but more the citizens of paris, they all feel like one character going through a struggle
This is in the book, too! Read it if you can, it's free on line. By Victor Hugo.
There used to “Million Dollar Movie” years ago we’re they would play the same movie every weeknight and all day Saturday and Sunday. I must of watched this movie 20 times as a kid.
So cool! You see him coming and you know he ain't messing around.
This was the first time I saw Charles Laughton. After seeing him in so many other roles ,I found it an even more incredible performance!!
*This is the 'single greatest scene' in the history of movies*
*Charles Laughton was the finest actor in movie history*
This is the comment I was looking for.
I have to agree.
Overshadowed by other film sof the same time, I agree this is one of the greatest films of the 1930's. Surely Charles Laughton as Quasimodo is one of finest performances and Sir Cedric Hardwicke is memorable as the Chief Justice Frollo. This scene, along with the earlier one where Quasimodo is publicly whipped, are probably the most memorable.
The film is notable for the depiction of medieval Paris streets and Notre Dame itself. They are in fact recreations - RP Pictures built a massive set on it's movie ranch in San Fernando Valley and even today it represents one of the most elaborate and expensive sets ever created; the massive production cost mean that the movie only ever made a tiny profit and was thus a "failure" in commercial terms. It's overshadowed by the Universal Frankenstein movies, which likewise portrayed a monster with a human heart maltreated by those around him, findin glove for the one person who shows him kindness. Only the Hunchback is far more brutal and unrelentingly realistic in it;s depiction of human cruelty, and the Hunchback is a far less fantastical figure than the Monster.
Some people, due to the sadness of the Notre Dame fire, they think the movie was filmed there. It was not filmed in France, but a Hollywood back lot.
Michaelbos big fuckin deal.
One of the best films of all time
this one AND the Elephant Man
Charles Laughton by far the best Quasimodo.
Maureen O'Hara best Esmeralda
@@NormAppleton She was a teenager when this movie was made. Her performance was awesome.
Hmm, he's certainly amazing but so's Lon Chaney, Anthony Hopkins, David Bower, Michael Arden, and Josh Castille. It's really hard to say who's the best because he's been played by so many wonderful actors.
R.I.P Maureen O'Hara
I'm a huge Disney fan & Pixar fan so I saw the 1996 animation of this dark film, but this is my 1st time seeing this specific clip right here. With that being said, it made me wonder...why did he say "why was I not made of stone like thee?" It's as if he's complying that he's human. HE SAVED THE DAY & EVERYONE!
Because it would be less painful for him to be an unfeeling gargoyle. Regardless of his heroic actions towards Ezmerelda, she will never feel the love for him that he feels for her.
@@sirjackson5, oh...😕
You can see that famous last line by clicking this link ...
czcams.com/video/0ApFbTUnXEk/video.html
ARE YOU THAT STUPID?
Liana, you're is a failed state. It's a joke of whores and gangsters. No one takes it seriosly, Like your Joke Olympics and World Cup. You got the Nazis you want.
Although this adaptation was not completely true to the Victor Hugo novel, it remains one of the greatest films ever made with regards to acting, set design, music score and direction. I recently viewed a little read online review by some puerile millennial self proclaimed movie reviewer who criticized the film for being a "horror movie" where the title character was not that scary, and the movie was slow moving (not enough fast action for this dope). We know better! Thank you.
There seem to be a lot of younger people who just don't "get" old films in black and white. I 've seen this in my own family. However it's their loss. They are missing out on so much great cinema.
Much more realistic than the Disney movie.
That emerald scene defying frollo was too unrealistic that numnca could appear in the book or quasimodo breaking the chains by the power of the protagonism, or armed soldiers being defeated in the end one or noble if in love with a poor gypsy,
It is not perfect, but it is much better than most adaptations.
I like gringoire and Esmeralda more than phoebus, a more realistic couple.
We are all in the uk thinking about our brothers in France 🇫🇷🇬🇧
Speak for yourself mate I for one couldn't give a shit about the frogs
Awesome, thanks Adam28xx for posting this excerpt of a classic.
My favorite scene in the whole movie!! Thank you for posting it!
Very, very, very uplifting, tear jerker type of scene in a movie. One of the very best, ever. The anguish on the young man's face as he turns his head unable to watch, the look of despair and acceptance on the face of the young woman in shock knowing that she will die, and the preparation: getting into position, grabbing the rope, jumping off the ledge and that non panicked, confident look of the hunchback who knows he will save her. He's so sure of himself, he is even smiling. Charles Laughton, I salute you. Wonderful acting in this movie.
That church/the town square, ...is his home.
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@@nycinstyle "That church/the town square, ...is his home". Absolutely - really perceptive comment; while he's in the church, Quasimodo feels invulnerable and in command - outside it, he's a lost, helpless child. Thank you for making me consider this for a moment.
@@adolforodolfo6929 I like how Laughton played the scene. His steadfast actions the way he stays calm and sure of himself even while saving her in the nick of time helps viewers understand his whole life revolves around the church in Notre Dame. It is his world. More so than even the religious leaders and all the religious people in that city. God or a higher power of righteousness and justice makes him the true moral leader, the one carrying on in life innocent, in a manner which is good and misunderstood, by the people.
The hunchback is a role model of how to live by the word of the lord in this movie. Above all else in human beings, by the word of God there is to be love and compassion. We see that having compassion for another human being in need of an act of compassion is the most glaring quality of the stars of the movie and book, Esmerelda and Quasimodo.
One of the highlights of director William Dieterle's career-top notch A++ actors, beautiful AND moving score by Alfred Newman and GREAT photography by Joseph August...Probably one of the BEST depictions of the filth, violence and superstition of the late Middle Ages that we will probably ever get...
Still one of my favorite movies.
Maureen O'Hara is so young here.
What a career she had!
And beautiful.
Her first film. She was, I believe, 19.
You can tell Disney was really inspired by this scene, especially by the way that he holds her up at the end.
"You gave me water..."
A real monster is the one who deny any good done to him
I felt that moment to my core.
He was an amazing actor !
It is sadder and better in the original written story ...where she is hanged in the end and years after a skeleton is found beside her grave it is hunchbacked