The Elephant Man

Released Year: 1980

Certificate: UA

Runtime: 124 minutes

Genre: Biography, Drama

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 78

Director: David Lynch

Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud

No of Votes: 220078

Gross: N/A

Overview: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

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