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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