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.
1980
HD
124min
PG
United States
English
David Lynch
John Gielgud
Helen Ryan
John Standing
Anthony Hopkins
Wendy Hiller
Michael Elphick
John Hurt
Freddie Jones
Anne Bancroft
biography
19th century
based on true story
hospital
curiosity
exploitation
sideshow
physical deformity
disfigurement
freak
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