The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Drama 1980 2 hr 3 min

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This is the story of a brilliant young surgeon, who finds in a Victorian circus side-show a man so hideously deformed that he is condemned to a life of degradation as a freak. He is John Merrick, known to circus audiences throughout the country as 'The Elephant Man'. Although Merrick cannot be cured, Treves battles to rescue him from the squalor of his surroundings and give him a life of dignity and comfort...

Drama 1980 2 hr 3 min

PG

Starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft

Director David Lynch

The Elephant Man

John Hurt

John Merrick
Anthony Hopkins

Dr. Frederick Treves
Anne Bancroft

Mrs. Madge Kendal
John Gielgud

Carr Gomm
Wendy Hiller

Mothershead

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The Elephant Man

DRAMA

This is the story of a brilliant young surgeon, who finds in a Victorian circus side-show a man so hideously deformed that he is condemned to a life of degradation as a freak. He is John Merrick, known to circus audiences throughout the country as 'The Elephant Man'. Although Merrick cannot be cured, Treves battles to rescue him from the squalor of his surroundings and give him a life of dignity and comfort...

Heartbreaking drama isn't for sensitive viewers.

Average 8.5
Reviews 62
Fresh 57
Rotten 5

Information

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Released: 1980
Run Time: 2 hr 3 min
Rated: PG
Regions of Origin: United States, United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United Kingdom) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.