The Elephant Man

1980 · 2h 4m · 8.0

Drama, History

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity.

David Lynch

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, Helen Ryan, John Standing

friendship, london, england, escape, nurse, exploitation, biography, based on true story, tragedy, hospital, black and white, period drama, social injustice, physical abuse, curiosity, disability, sideshow, dying young, emotional vulnerability, disfigurement, birth defect

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