Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in [1980] Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, and others.
Summary:
"Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of kindly Dr. Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to regain the dignity he lost after years spent as a side-show freak"--imdb.com.
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