Elephant Man
Je ne suis pas un animal ! Je suis un être humain ! Je suis un homme !
1980 • 124 min • Drama · History
Our family guide
Best from age 13- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 80 Audience · 3994 · 49%
Un chirurgien bienveillant sauve un homme gravement défiguré d'un spectacle de foire dans le Londres victorien. Il découvre une personne sensible et intelligente derrière son apparence, défiant les préjugés sociaux et lui offrant de la dignité. Basé sur une histoire vraie, le film explore la compassion au milieu de la cruauté.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Dépeint un personnage avec une grave défiguration
- Thèmes d'exploitation et de cruauté
- Certaines scènes montrent le personnage maltraité
What it models well
- Compassion et empathie
- Dignité et respect pour tous
- Surmonter les préjugés
- Beauté intérieure et intelligence
Talk about it after
- Juger les autres sur leur apparence
- Le traitement historique des personnes handicapées
- L'importance de la gentillesse
- Responsabilité sociale et droits de l'homme
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Top billed cast
Director: David Lynch • Crew: David Lynch, Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren
Trailers & clips
David Lynch on Mel Brooks & THE ELEPHANT MAN | Special Feature (Excerpt)
David Lynch: Mel Brooks Is the Guy Who Put Me on the Map
Emotional scene from THE ELEPHANT MAN
Clip
Reveal
First 10 Minutes [4K Remastered]
Official 40th Anniversary Restoration Trailer
Interview with John Hurt
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersSaw this, recently up-converted to 4K at the London Film Festival and, apart from the clear improvements to the quality and detail of the image, I was reminded of just how good it is. Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft play their roles with engaging sincerity - very ably supported by Sir John Gielgud and Dame Wendy Hiller.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers_**The ultimate outcast**_ In 1884 London, a doctor (Anthony Hopkins) meets Joseph Merrick, aka The Elephant Man (wrongly called John Merrick in the film) who was being exploited as a freak show attraction. Treves (Hopkins) tries to help Merrick (John Hurt) for the last six years of the latter’s life wherein he becomes cultured, but he inevitably remains an object of curiosity, to high society as well as low society.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 8.0/10 (3,994)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $26,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0080678
